Re: Photography in Museums - was Origin myths

2002-09-13 Thread Chris Stoddart
> Bob Walkden wrote: > > "Some of the museums here are like that too. Particularly Tate > Modern and the National Maritime Museum - they're on you like a > rash. Others though are fine, especially the V&A. Elliott Erwitt > talks about it in his book 'Museum Watching'. He says the > guards ha

Photography in Museums - was Origin myths

2002-09-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: "Some of the museums here are like that too. Particularly Tate Modern and the National Maritime Museum - they're on you like a rash. Others though are fine, especially the V&A. Elliott Erwitt talks about it in his book 'Museum Watching'. He says the guards have such a

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-10 Thread Peter Alling
Those guy's were pirates. On the bright side the winder motor on the Z70 was strong at least. At 10:31 AM 9/10/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >From: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Origin Myths > > >Why did you just lo

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-10 Thread wendy beard
>From: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Origin Myths >Why did you just look at the bottom of the line Pentax AF gear, those >bodies are the _only_ one's that >you couldn't use all, (well at least all of the genuine Pentax

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-10 Thread Camdir
<< I also don't know about this looking like a pro business. Most non >photographers don't know squat. You could put a big flash and a long lens on >a Miranda and fake out most folks. Real pros can spot an amatuer at 100m >before they even open thier camera bag. About the only one you're real

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-09 Thread Brad Dobo
Ya, tell me about it! :) - Original Message - From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Origin Myths > At 22:04 9-9-2002 -0400, Brad Dobo wrote: > >What I really don't

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-09 Thread wendy beard
At 22:04 9-9-2002 -0400, Brad Dobo wrote: >What I really don't > > like is how hard it is to get anything where I live. Pentax in Toronto > area > > always seems to be out of whatever I want and it gets shipped by boat > > from Japan. I ordered the longer cable release 3 weeks ago and was told

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Tom Reese
A story that some of you may find interesting: I've been taking occasional pictures for a long time but photography as a hobby was pretty much dormant since the mid 1970s. I was shooting about 12 rolls of film a year and most of those were pictures of my son when he was little. I was using an old