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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Difficulty logging in?? at 18/11/2007 - 21:01
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As near as your wife and I can tell, of the top 10 most prolific posters you easily have top prize for that statistic and are actually more than double George's modest amount.
Yeah, pipe down, Clarky, and take some more bug pics.As near as your wife and I can tell, of the top 10 most prolific posters you easily have top prize for that statistic and are actually more than double George's modest amount.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Difficulty logging in?? at 18/11/2007 - 19:22
It was definitely a forum problem, not an individual problem.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Difficulty logging in?? at 18/11/2007 - 10:53
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We have it much better in the USA if we live in a handgun friendly state, like here in Oregon.
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I wonder how many parents of children at Columbine High School, or any of a dozen other similar places, still think that way?We have it much better in the USA if we live in a handgun friendly state, like here in Oregon.
RG.
America's infantile obsession with guns, and their absurd delusion that having guns makes them safer, are impossible for civilised people to comprehend.
I have been on the wrong end of a gun twice in my life, and in neither case would a gun of my own have helped me - in fact almost certainly the reverse.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Travel with K10 at 22/11/2007 - 01:07
Just remember that the murder rate in the USA is three times that of the UK.
So, if you're going to get worried, the time to do so is when you board the plane home.
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So, if you're going to get worried, the time to do so is when you board the plane home.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Travel with K10 at 21/11/2007 - 22:17
The rule is that you can use older Pentax flashes on newer bodies, but not vice-versa (without modification).
As Matt says, a bit of old film makes a good insulator. Who said film was dead?
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As Matt says, a bit of old film makes a good insulator. Who said film was dead?
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Any problem putting AF540 on old-style shoe? at 14/11/2007 - 19:28
When manually focussing a lens, four things help.
1 Bright light. It's much harder to focus in low light.
2 A fast lens. All 50s are relatively fast, and this helps a lot.
3 A split image or ground glass focussing screen. These are seldom found on AF cameras, but if you want to use MF lenses a lot, it might be worth investing in one.
4 Good eyesight. Jessops can't really help with this, unfortunately.
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1 Bright light. It's much harder to focus in low light.
2 A fast lens. All 50s are relatively fast, and this helps a lot.
3 A split image or ground glass focussing screen. These are seldom found on AF cameras, but if you want to use MF lenses a lot, it might be worth investing in one.
4 Good eyesight. Jessops can't really help with this, unfortunately.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax SMC A 50MM - how good at 14/11/2007 - 08:32
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Thanks for the links...
Sorry forgot to mention in my post I'm considering the 50mm A 1.7
simon
It's superb.Thanks for the links...
Sorry forgot to mention in my post I'm considering the 50mm A 1.7
simon
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax SMC A 50MM - how good at 14/11/2007 - 00:56
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I agree there is basically no chance of renting anything in a Pentax mount. You can however buy a lens (100-300mm and 50-500mm are both available from some shops), and then sell it on when you finish your holiday. As long as it's still in good condition, you won't have any trouble selling and you won't lose too much on it on eBay (or here!), because of the demand for long glass in the Pentax mount. This might even work out cheaper than renting!
The problem as Don said will be letting the lens go again
Do bear in mind that handheld shots at 500mm are not exactly easy. If you don't want to lug a tripod around, a shorter lens may be more practical.I agree there is basically no chance of renting anything in a Pentax mount. You can however buy a lens (100-300mm and 50-500mm are both available from some shops), and then sell it on when you finish your holiday. As long as it's still in good condition, you won't have any trouble selling and you won't lose too much on it on eBay (or here!), because of the demand for long glass in the Pentax mount. This might even work out cheaper than renting!
The problem as Don said will be letting the lens go again
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Hmm, I've just had a look on the great "Bay" and found the 50-500 for £580 would you recommend this over the 100-300 f4?
At £580 I might be inclined to. As long as it is in good condition, and as long as it is £580, not £580 plus customs duties etc. I can also see the 50-500mm being more flexible. The 100-300mm is obviously a more limited range, however the advantage is in the constant f/4, and in the image quality at all lengths and apertures. Personally I would rather own the 100-300mm, but for your trip I can see the 50-500mm might be more useful.Hmm, I've just had a look on the great "Bay" and found the 50-500 for £580 would you recommend this over the 100-300 f4?
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Lens rental at 14/11/2007 - 11:59
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I ran windows ME fo many years and you may be surprised to hear I had less problems with it than any other windows OS ..................
It's not the reliability of ME that I was concerned about, although yours seems to have been one of the happier experiences that I have read about.I ran windows ME fo many years and you may be surprised to hear I had less problems with it than any other windows OS ..................
It's more that the OS won't work with many modern programs, won't recognise large hard disks, and probably won't be happy with USB2. And, even more importantly, the hardware will be quite incapable of running any editing or RAW conversion software at a reasonable speed.
Basically, it's a crippled system which prevents Peter making full use of his lovely camera.
And since it's probably only got a 10GB hard disk, he'll soon run out of space.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on A way around it ......... at 14/11/2007 - 10:53
Does Clarky post much
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