George Lazarette

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George Lazarette
Just outside Edinburgh is Traquair House. It was lived in until very recently, and is well worth a visit.

If you have any energy left after storming the castle, work it off by climbing Arthur's Seat, which on a nice day will give you great views over the city. It's a good place to try a panorama shot.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Another pointless thread at 19/02/2012 - 16:18

George Lazarette
stigg wrote:
Fantastic set, so much for the sigma lens not being that good!!!!
Well, I don't know. The colours seem rather muted.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Kitties big and small at 19/02/2012 - 14:45

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Interestingly, many Ricoh lenses were apparently made by a firm called Tamioka, which in due course was bought by Yashica, and is now owned by Zeiss.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on XR Rikenon 135/2.8 OR Carl Zeiss Jena 135/3.5 (zebra) at 19/02/2012 - 14:30

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You might be on the right track there. Some flash manufacturers sell different adapters for different camera brands.

I have just noticed you bought it from a charity shop. Might have been a bad move.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Is there a piece missing on my flash at 19/02/2012 - 14:18

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I have forwarded the Spaceman's email address to the seller.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on For Sale Brand New Pentax KR with lots of accessories at 19/02/2012 - 13:50

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I've now had a look at some reviews of the Ricoh.

These two are interesting: http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/ricoh-auto-rikenon-135mm-f2-8-m42-135mm-...

And this is good: http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/ricoh-auto-rikenon-135mm-f2-8-m42-135mm-...

Frankly, you'll probably get very good results from both. The Ricoh won't need an adapter.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on XR Rikenon 135/2.8 OR Carl Zeiss Jena 135/3.5 (zebra) at 19/02/2012 - 13:45

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Might be a long wait............

But interesting to consider the effect on 300mm prices when the 560 comes out.

Will people sell their 300s to fund a new 560? This causing 300 prices to drop.

Will new converts to the marque push up the price of 300s, along with everything else?

Who knows what the future holds?

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on FS: Pentax A* 300mm f2.8 at 19/02/2012 - 13:37

George Lazarette
DrOrloff wrote:
What you call football is called soccer by Americans.
And by most English-speaking nations, including the one where both the game and the name (a contraction of Association Football) originated.

In a similar way to that in which soc became soccer, so rugby became rugger.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Discussion Weekly Competition # 240 - and all this is football at 19/02/2012 - 13:15

George Lazarette
Can you post a picture? You can upload one to the gallery straight from your computer.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Is there a piece missing on my flash at 19/02/2012 - 12:53

George Lazarette
Felix, you should post-process EVERY image you take. Free programs like Picassa are fine, there is no need to leap into Photoshop until you feel you want to.

Your computer is much more powerful than the camera, so don't play with the camera's settings. Leave everything on neutral, then adjust exposure, contrast, colour and sharpness afterwards.

It takes suprisingly little time once you get the hang of it, and your pictures will look a hundred times better.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K5d or D300s at 19/02/2012 - 12:50

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