From: David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark D. writes:
Nah, this was the heartbreaker...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1267716236
Mine was cheaper than that (about $340USD).
Feeling better? :)
Actually, yes. Cause I got this:
On Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:51 PM, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
12d in a shilling, 20 shillings in a pound (quid).
...and that d in 12d is, of course, pronounced pee. :-)
Nah, it's not - it was pence or pennies. Then of
Title: FW: The flagship dilemma (Was:MS-Z vs PZ-1p experience)
Pål wrote:
However, to access the advanced flash capabilities of the MZ-S
you need the new flash. The "drawback" with the MZ-S is
that it has no flash compensation from the body. However, its quicker to do
manual flash
Hi,
In case anybody doesn't know, and is still interested, the £SD stood
for librae, sestertii and denarii, old Roman units of currency.
Not according to the late Tiny Dr Tim in his lifesize
replica of the Taj Mahal, made entirely out of oleomargarine!
m42 -( is
What's going on? I didn't attach anything to that
email. Are they rebounding again?
--- Jody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was referring to some of the roads we drove on
when
in Western Australia, where there is a c.3m strip of
tarseal down the centre, and the edges are dirt. So
you drive in
To Doug, you and I are furriners (foreigners).
BTW I notice Gianfranco is sending attachments also,
although he doesn't usually. What is Yahoo-mail doing?
Don't they know how embarrassing it is for us? I think
I will go hide in the corner now and die of shame :)
Jody.
--- Gianfranco Irlanda
Perhaps one could even say they were ~limited~ in some
areas :)
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Ltd lenses are available in black, although they
may be hard to
find in some areas.
__
Do You Yahoo!?
Make international calls for
Warlock is not nearly as insulting. It's annoying. I
wanted to sing Ding Dong, the Warlock's dead, when
a(n) unanimously-hated manager left our hospital, but
it wasn't going to have nearly as much impact as Ding
Dong the witch's dead. What's a girl to do?
Jody.
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
^%$@#!!
Jim
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From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:58 PM
Subject: sob
Bet this auction lasted all of three minutes...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1267696105
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Hehehe, and I started it on the slippery slope
downhill and off-topic. Won't my mummy be proud?
Jody.
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey this is the fartherest off topic I have ever
seen a thread get, maybe we should save the subject
line for all off topic posts? Nah!
--graywolf
Looks like the one Ringo was using in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. Nice. Wish I'd
had the dough...
Jim
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From: Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: sob
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Mark Roberts wrote:
Bet
But you did ask, didn't you, and you'll be sorry cue
evil laugh
Kiwi is the national emblem of New Zealand. It is a
tubby, flightless bird, with a very long beak.
Sometimes the people of NZ are referred to as kiwis.
Personally I hate that term when it refers to people.
You can have cheap,
But here we call it Kiwifruit, so as not to get it
confused with the bird (which it is illegal to eat),
and the people (which are illegal to eat now).
Except for my dad, he calls it Chinese Gooseberry,
even though he is constantly hassling the Chinese.
This is the original name for it, and he
Or calling an Aussie a Kangaroo :)
--- Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kiwi a strange thing to use as a nick name for a
nationality.
Calling someone from New Zealand a Kiwi is like
calling an
American (US) a Yank.
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Do You Yahoo!?
No, actually it lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes, and 25
seconds (or 15:25:02 for any Americans out there G)
Don't worry, I bet they lied about the condition (Is
it working yet? I'm trying to make you feel better).
Jody.
--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bet this auction lasted all of
One day we may see a major design change in web browsers. They
may not be able to cache the pages we view because of copyright.
We'll all need very fast net connections when that happens.
Time and technology will provide the needed speed, by the time
it becomes a problem, I'm sure.
Len
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Jim Moniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like the one Ringo was using in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT.
Nice. Wish I'd
had the dough...
Jim
Hi Jim,
Ringo used one of the pre-Spotmatic Pentax cameras.
In the official biography The Beatles, they clearly stated
that they used Pentax cameras when thay
[In response to various musings on motordrives.]
In his book 'Down Under', Bill Bryson (American travel writer better known in Britain
than in the US) comments on a magazine photographer doing the same thing when taking
pictures of him, although he was sitting still at the time.
I'm beginning
Groan.
At 02:13 AM 8/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
Perhaps one could even say they were ~limited~ in some
areas :)
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Ltd lenses are available in black, although they
may be hard to
find in some areas.
At 03:54 AM 8/23/2001 -0700, Jody wrote:
--- David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fruit is delicious but just what state its in
when it arrives at your
supermarket I don't know.
I prefer the golden kiwifruit with yellow insides and
less hair. But I don't know if you would get those
I'll be spending a week in Ontario and vicinity
starting October 27. We will be flying into and out of
Detroit, heading for Woodstock, Ontario. We'll have a
car to make the requisite visit to Niagara Falls, then
spend a week puttering around the region to see
whatever we can find of interest.
...
The kiwi is a major New Zealand export, and by extension New Zealanders
sometimes are referred to as kiwis.
* Thanks Bob, I knew about the fruit, just not the context in
* which it was used in the fush and chups joke :)
Yawn cuz I got here early today,
Robert
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Seems like the sorting/searching on ebay is so slow lately that I am lucky to
see anything that was posted in the last 2 hours 45 minutes. Sometimes by
16:00 I am still looking at 'new' listings from 12:00. At 4:00 I get to see
last nights 21:00 listings sob
Regards, Bob S.
[EMAIL
We will have more of the LX bright screens, according to a consignment note I
have sitting here. Twenty of each SC69, SG60, and ten of SE60.
Also on the delivery will be:
LX winder remote cords
LX Battery Cords
49mm Rectangular Hoods for the wide and standard lenses.
A new FA1w
Plenty of
Jody wrote:
I prefer the golden kiwifruit with yellow insides and
less hair. But I don't know if you would get those in
the US. They are bred in NZ, and only a few growers
are permitted to grow them. They don't have that
horrible metallic taste you sometimes get with green
kiwifruit.
I
1) Do all Pentax AF cameras support trap focus ?
2) What about other brands ? (C,N,M) ?
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Hi, gang.
Sometime ago it was a discussion (very instructive) about cibachromes. I
remember something about slides must be exposed in a special way in order
to obtain good cibas later. What is exactly this special exposure? Over?
Under?
I have a pair of velvia shots I want in ciba, so I want to
...
Kiwi is the national emblem of New Zealand. It is a
tubby, flightless bird, with a very long beak.
...
* Howdy Jody, I chased the links you posted on the birds.
* Gosh ! They are almost as ugly as our armadillo's !
Sometimes the people of NZ are referred to as kiwis.
Personally I hate
John Mustarde (Texdance) wrote:
I'll be spending a week in Ontario and vicinity
starting October 27. We will be flying into and out of
Detroit, heading for Woodstock, Ontario. We'll have a
car to make the requisite visit to Niagara Falls, then
spend a week puttering around the region to see
How do you keep track of all the settings you took various pictures at? Do
you have a data back or carry a notebook with you?
-Rich
Frank Theriault wrote:
Nope. (I'm sure someone will correct/expand on what I'm about to say)
As far as I'm aware, it means taking the proper setting (or
In a message dated 8/23/2001 7:30:33 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, gang.
Sometime ago it was a discussion (very instructive) about cibachromes. I
remember something about slides must be exposed in a special way in order
to obtain good cibas later. What is
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: very OT: my article on Salon.com
First drug dealers, next copyright infringers, next the jack boots arrive on
everybodies door step.
People don't realize we need to protect the rights of the scum so that we don't
loose our rights.
My
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: sob
And I got this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1265551895ed=9985365
57
Great deal!
I'm looking for something like it for
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Paul M. Provencher wrote:
Roads? We don't need no stinkin' roads!
Here! Here!
Um - try Hear, hear - I can't tell you how many years I thought it
was Here, here - glad to see I'm not the only one who was
I still think there is a big difference between shooting a few
frames at the moment of truth and just aiming and firing
and hope you get something
Just my opinion
Dave
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...
I bracket quite often for DOF. This means I shoot where I think the DOF
should be, and then I open up wider and stop down. So I might make 3 or 4
shots. Using DOF preview helps some, but sometimes one of the bracketed
shots is the best based.
...
OK, I was going to stay out of this
From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Enablement ReStart
Congratulations! It only took me about 4 months starting this past
February to find a new job after a political squeeze from company
aquisitions and mergers. I do know the feeling.
~~~`
Mark Roberts wrote:
Well, I just made the mistake of allowing my S.O. to know what an MZ-S costs!
Fortunately, she just spent many times that on new furniture. And I just sold
my old computer to raise money for the MZ-S (halfway there now!) so I can at
least *appear* to be making
Cesar Matamoros wrote about the Sports photographer mentality...
I usually take photographs for a local triathlon. I tend to take
pictures showing crowds, advertising, and the like. This year, due to
nepotism, I was ´relieved´ of my duties..
In a similar vein (sort of), for
Like to make a small wager? A Norman 200B at 1/4 power will. But you give up all
automation with
that.
--graywolf
Robert Payne wrote:
no flash can keep up with a 4+ fps motordrive,
--
Tom Graywolf Rittenhouse
Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA
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ONE DIME is what is written on the 10 cent piece. The nickel is labeled FIVE CENTS.
Historically,
the Dime was the smallest silver coin in the US, now there is no such coins. The
nickel was made of
nickel, and the penny was made of copper (it is labeled ONE CENT). The term penny
seems to be a
...
I don't know what a kiwi tastes like. It's kind of
illegal to eat them :)
Probably more palatable than Eagle.
...
Does it taste like spotted owl ?
no name here
Gosh if that don't ruffle some feathers, what will :)
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Everyone,
(Well, everyone in the USA or Eastern CANADA - others feel
free to read but it won't be so appropriate :) )
To celebrate my approaching 65th (yikes!) birthday I'm
giving myself a great present. I'm renting a car as of
October 4th and driving
across the country to GCXX (The 20th
Oh yes, we all have to change the english language to pacify some new age weidos who
have reinvented
an old religion without even understanding it. The church attacted the term witch to
the Wiccan Wise
Women in an attempt to discredit them, they sure as hell didn't call themselves witchs.
Hi all,
I just posted one of my recent shots on Photocritique.net. I've attached a
link to this image below. I'd greatly appreciate any comments, criticism,
etc.
Thanks in advance,
Bill Peifer
Rochester, NY
http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?09oE7n
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I once knew a photographer who did that. He'd take 6-8 essensually identicale shots
and send each to
a different market. He often got multiple sales by doing that. An to make it even more
interesting
he claimed he told the customers that he had submitted slides that were taken only a
few
It makes a lot of sense to do your dupe slides at the same
time you shoot the original too. The quality is better that way.
William Robb
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From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: Sports photographer
Before I get unmercifully razzed for my freudian typos
which, of course,
spellchecker does not pick up, let me say here and now that
while I may have strayed
in the past, please read the words staying, stayed, stay for
anyplace my previous
post on this topic sez strayed, straying, stray.
I
Lasse's comment on my picture (of my daughter) with the spectrum on her face
are exactly on target. I think I liked the picture because I like the
subject so well, and it was an unusual way of looking at her; plus, she is
never usually serious in a picture, so this was also interesting. But now I
All,
I'm curious: Anyone have a clue about Pentax revenues for different product
lines? For example, how big is their medium format business? How big is
their 35mm SLR business? How about compact cameras? etc.
Thanks,
Mark
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Bill, KG4LOV
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I got it to use when I go places I wouldn't want to take an SLR. My only
problem will be hiding it from the war department since she said no more
cameras when she authorized the MZ-S.
Bill, KG4LOV
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
And I got this:
I'm going to try really hard to speak my piece once
and shut up, because this really is off-topic and
flammable, but it also (IMNSHO) needs to be said.
Peter Alling wrote:
My wiccan friends tell me warlock is a very insulting
term to use on one of them.
I know some folks who call
Hi Robert
I don't have my Super A with me in Ireland, but as far as I recall it must be the
button that turns on the light for the viewfinder info. Or is it the small LCD? It's
handy in low light situations.
Best Regards
Jens, Denmark, pt Ireland
Fra: Robert Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dato:
Hi Robert
I don't have my Super A with me in Ireland, but as far as I recall it must be the
button that turns on the light for the viewfinder info. Or is it the small LCD? It's
handy in low light situations. It turns off automaticly after a while.
Best Regards
Jens, Denmark, pt Ireland
Fra:
Hi all
Do any of you great photographers know if there is a web site, where you/we can submit
your/our photographs for sale or hire?
I know of professional agencies, that market photographs taken by more or less
employed photographers (freelance). Some photographer do this for a liveng. Some
Hi all
Do any of you great photographers know if there is a web site, where you/we can submit
your/our photographs for sale or hire?
I know of professional agencies, that market photographs taken by more or less
employed photographers (freelance). Some photographer do this for a living. Some
OK, Tom I'm busted. I spoke out of school on that one. Never used
a big-ol Norman, my flame thrower flash is a Sunpak 622 and since
I usually shoot 400 speed film at F5.6 on football games, it takes
about a second to recharge.
...
Like to make a small wager? A Norman 200B at 1/4 power will. But
I wrote:
1.MLU
2.A 2-second-timer/works with MLU
Does this means that the camera has both real MLU and mirror prefire? Is it possible
to have real MLU with a cloth shutter?
3.1/2 step Av and Tv settings
Available on the current model. However, Av settings in half stop is a bit
Jeff wrote:
You should reconsider marriage.
I'll tell her you said that. :)
-Aaron
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Doug Brewer wrote:
I'm getting a broken image link...
oh, Netscape 4.75, Mac 9.1
Doug
Hi Doug,
I uploaded my image to the Photocritique server, rather than uploading a URL
to an external web page the way some contributors do. Don't know if this is
the problem or not. Perhaps if you go
Doug Brewer wrote:
I'm getting a broken image link...
oh, Netscape 4.75, Mac 9.1
IE 5.5 on Mac OS 9.04 seems okay.
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My only
problem will be hiding it from the war department since she said no more
cameras when she authorized the MZ-S.
Been there
Jeff
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As long as she doesn't know where I live.
But seriously, the hobby of photography can be inexpensive ( I'm trying to
make ammends with your fiancee).
Jeff
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From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject:
Does this means that the camera has both real MLU and mirror prefire?
Is it possible to have real MLU with a cloth shutter?
Not sure what the shutter design has to do with the mirror,
but the short answer is yes, MLU works with a cloth shutter.
My Spotmatic SPII does MLU with the flick the
to sit home and sell photos would make it to easy. what i did several
years ago was take a bunch of photos of the downtown columbus ohio
skyline . i put the 4x6 pictures in plain album and visited some
framing stores in my end of the town. i sold them enlargements of the
photos the picked out
D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
...and we can always refer to the green-faced,
pointy-hat-wearing, broom-riders as storybook witches
Funny, in New York we refer to her as Senator. :)
Signed: Anonymous
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Harry Baughman wrote:
To sit home and sell photos would make it to easy.
It might be hard to make sales over the web.
Sometimes you have to go out and get them.
No sometimes about it - ALWAYS is more like it !8^)
After you're famous (and, even better, dead!) perhaps
Nikon does, for sure. At least the N90s I had did it, so I
assume all higher order models (F100, F5) also do it.
Len
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Ivan Prenosil
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:14 AM
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Yeah, Metz can keep up if you reduce power so the battery can
handle it. I've shot some bursts off with the CT45/4 that
worked pretty darned well. The Nikon SB28 and the AF500FTZ
should be able to do it with a Quantum battery, too. I haven't
tried any of that with my AF500FTZ but I will try it
They are called in camera dupes.
Ken Waller
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From: Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Sports photographer mentality?
I know a couple of landscape photographers that also make three or
four
graywolf wrote:
the penny was made of copper
The current US cent has almost no copper; indeed, every other coint produced by the
US Mint at this
time has a higher percentage of copper than the cent.
I actually own old US coins denominated disme and half disme.
--
Daniel J. Matyola
Wow! Don't talk about taking a few photos at a church
function. I had to do that with absolutely no clue as
to how many shots and no word of what was to be shot.
I went armed with too little film and shot the wrong
pictures. I should have done it all with a digital
camera, too. They wanted
Not sure what will be happening that late @ Point Pelee, but try these
sites to find out - http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/pelee/Point_pelee_e.htm
http://www.web-nat.com/bic/ont/pelee.html
Normally, that late in October would be @ the tail end of fall color here -
Detroit.
Ken Waller
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Glenn wrote:
Not sure what the shutter design has to do with the mirror,
but the short answer is yes, MLU works with a cloth shutter.
My Spotmatic SPII does MLU with the flick the shutter
button trick, and my KX has a bona fide MLU control on
the front, and they both have cloth shutters.
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From: Jeff
Subject: Re: sob
My only
problem will be hiding it from the war department since she
said no more
cameras when she authorized the MZ-S.
Been there
Yup, so I bought a few lenses. She didn't specify lenses..
WW
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Girlfriends aren't supposed to have that kind of control
until after the wedding. If she does this now, what will
she do after you're married to her?
Len
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Len Paris wrote:
I went armed with too little film and shot the wrong
pictures. I should have done it all with a digital
camera, too. They wanted to use the pics in an ethnic
newspaper.
What's an ethnic newspaper?
j
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I would think the Sunpak with the external 510V or 510V nicad pack would do it to at
least as well
when you dial down the power. Of course, if you need the maximum available power you
are kind of
stuck. The Normans only recycle in a second on 200W/S.
--graywolf
Robert Payne wrote:
OK, Tom
Max wrote:
'm confused here.
I found it a major pain to do exposure comp. on the MZ-S with the 500FTZ.
Am I doing it right?
REPLY:
MZ-S:
1. In aperture priority mode set whatever exposure you want but make
sure that shutterspeed don't exceed the synch speed.
2. Turn the command dial one
Depends how long you've been going out with your girlfriend for, sometimes
its as good as married.
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:10 AM
Subject: RE: new camera
Girlfriends aren't supposed to have that kind
Would she say that?
Len
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:03 PM
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Subject: Re: new camera
Depends how long you've been going out with your
girlfriend for,
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:39:25PM +0100, Rob Brigham wrote:
Amateur Photographer says they are meeting in Andover at the Hawk
conservancy on Sep 4, and having an MZ-5N masterclass some other time.
Anyone know anything about this club, or a member?
I have a contact name Peter Cox. This might
My method for flash comp on the PZ1p:
1. Set flash compensation to -1.7.
2. Leave it there forever.
--
John Mustarde
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Yes,
www.shareyourworld.com is pretty much what you are describing but as of tonight the
sight appears to be down. I think it is a longshot you'll make any money here but you
might.
www.prophotoprints.com might use your stuff if it is good and marketable
www.photoreflect.com will provide
I have pasted in his reply here
MZ-S:
1. In aperture priority mode set whatever exposure you want but make
sure that shutterspeed don't exceed the synch speed.
2. Turn the command dial one click to the right, then one click stop to
the left. (This is done with a twist of the thumb). Now you
Hi,
I lost the little folding card that comes with the MZ-S which is like a
quick reference. Would any one be able to scan theres and email me a copy.
Its annoying having to go back to the manual to look at which function is
which.
Regards,
Paul Jones
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Has anyone tried this combination? How'd you like it? What time/temp
did you use?
--
Shel Belinkoff
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Why should I use a meter? What if the darn thing broke on me
when I was out making a photograph? Then what would I do?
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