Re: [silk] Nikon d70s

2006-05-02 Thread Pavithra Sankaran
I've had the D70 for close to 2 years now, and would recommend it to anyone without hesitation. No matter what you plan to use it for (though I've largely shot wildlife and landscapes with it) it's likely to be excellent. The metering is perfect, the five spot focusing and continuous focus are

Re: [silk] Nikon d70s

2006-05-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hi Zaheda...I saw a friend wearing a Google Tee where the two os were an idli and a vada on a plantain leaf...Udhay says you got these printed...could you let me know how I could get two of these, one for myself and one for my WASP son in law who works for Amdocs and is a diehard idli vada fan? I

Re: [silk] Nikon d70s

2006-05-02 Thread Pavithra Sankaran
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - I had an occasional image quality problem that I didn't understand - a black shadow ... you took the hood off - no problem. I should add (to my earlier post about the D70) that if you use a wide angle lens (including the standard 18-70 lens available with the D70

[silk] Is Coffee the Persuasion Bean?

2006-05-02 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/01/1258224 Posted by: CmdrTaco, on 2006-05-01 15:00:00 [1]Gli7ch writes According to an Australian study, our geek wonder-drink of choice [2]might turn us into yes-men. From the article: The experiments showed that caffeine increases

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

2006-05-02 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: [ on 06:40 PM 4/20/2006 ] http://www.arachnis.com/silk-list/community.html Is it a good thing, defying description? :-) Check now. :) All - I cleaned up the above page a little. Again, if you think your personal, non-commercial page should be listed here, send me

Re: [silk] Knife sharpening tips

2006-05-02 Thread Madhu Menon
Savita Rao wrote: which reminds me: can anyone help find a place (kitchen, preferably!) that Madhu can conduct cooking classes in? His kitchen is designed for operation efficiency, not demos... Hehe, so I take it you liked my food then, Savita? :) Just got back online after a 3-day break,

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

2006-05-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hi Udhay...the link below doesn't open, and when I go to the Arachnis webpage,as the error message directs me to, I get a blank Is this all somehow something I am not doing correctly? On 5/2/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: [ on 06:40 PM 4/20/2006 ]

Re: [silk] Knife sharpening tips

2006-05-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
How many prospective students are there? I am part of the problem not the solution...I would like to learn too. On 5/2/06, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Savita Rao wrote: which reminds me: can anyone help find a place (kitchen, preferably!) that Madhu can conduct cooking classes in? His

Re: [silk] Knife sharpening tips

2006-05-02 Thread Biju Chacko
On 02/05/06, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many prospective students are there? I am part of the problem not the solution...I would like to learn too. ditto ... my would also like to join. -- b

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

2006-05-02 Thread Biju Chacko
On 02/05/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: [ on 06:40 PM 4/20/2006 ] http://www.arachnis.com/silk-list/community.html Is it a good thing, defying description? :-) Check now. :) All - I cleaned up the above page a little. Again, if you think your personal,

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

2006-05-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
thanks, that worked.On 5/2/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [ on 08:51 PM 5/2/2006 ]Looks the same to me.Hm. That was supposed to redirect tohttp://silk.arachnis.com/community.html - let's see what happened. Udhay--((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com))

Re: [silk] Nikon d70s

2006-05-02 Thread Sean Doyle
When I first posted to this thread I think I missed the main point of why I love this camera.In high school I did a lot of photography (had a simple SLR, simple darkroom, lots of time..) - but I graduated in 1978. Over time I devolved to using just point and shoot cameras (first film, then

[silk] Riding the slow train in Cambodia

2006-05-02 Thread Thaths
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/in_pictures_riding_the_slow_train_/html/1.stm I am sure there are a few trainspotters in Silk. Here is a nice photo essay on riding the trains in Cambodia. When I was in Phnom Penh I had a wonderful couple of hours hanging out in the dilapidated