Re: missed shots

2009-03-24 Thread Doug Franklin
Cory Waters wrote: and Doug Franklin's 400mm (Doug, I do still have this :)) And I'm still looking for the blasted Tamron SD 400 PK-A for you ... :-) Digital + Zoom + autofocus + auto exposure have allowed me to be a crap photographer. Yep, the all-manual approach takes more planning, for

Re: missed shots

2009-03-23 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 23, 2009, at 14:00 , frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Cory Waters wrote: big snip Woe is me :) Oh wh! BTW, the mirror hanging up on your MX couldn't have anything to do with the battery as the shutter/mirror is completely mechanical. The battery only

Re: missed shots

2009-03-23 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Cory Waters wrote: > I have some tri-x in my MX.  It's been there for a long time.  There's > another roll in the fridge.  I've been meaning to shoot these for a while > but the digital is just too damn easy. > Yesterday I decided that I would take the MX and a cou

Re: missed shots

2009-03-23 Thread Luiz Felipe
Cory, the Mx keeps clicking without batteries... it was just getting back at you for leaving it so long in the dark. ;-) Serious now, every time I get a camera to use I take a few clicks without film - just to check. Of course a loaded camera can't be dry-fired, but I try very hard not to leav

Re: missed shots

2009-03-22 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/22/2009 4:08:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cbwat...@bellsouth.net writes: Digital + Zoom + autofocus + auto exposure have allowed me to be a crap photographer. I certainly LOOKED cool though with my black MX, black mono pod and huge black lens. I bet the guy next to m

Re: missed shots

2009-03-22 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Cory, Thanks for this post. It brought a smile to my lips. I guess I luck out in that I often use manual focus lenses on my *ist D - the M 20mm and the A 15mm to get wide enough field of view, to name a couple. When I went shot my LX yesterday I did recall that 'how many exposures left' fee

Re: missed shots

2009-03-22 Thread David Savage
Hack!! :-D DS 2009/3/23 Cory Waters : > I have some tri-x in my MX.  It's been there for a long time.  There's > another roll in the fridge.  I've been meaning to shoot these for a while > but the digital is just too damn easy. > Yesterday I decided that I would take the MX and a couple lenses w

missed shots

2009-03-22 Thread Cory Waters
I have some tri-x in my MX. It's been there for a long time. There's another roll in the fridge. I've been meaning to shoot these for a while but the digital is just too damn easy. Yesterday I decided that I would take the MX and a couple lenses with me to the 2 mile road race my Emily was ru