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I am sure someone will take you up on it. Sadly, I think bungeeing it to the back of my motorcycle isn't likely! For 5x4 I'd bribe someone to drive me over...

I am sure one of the mods will move this to a more appropriate place when they wander by...

Best wishes, Kris.

Comment by womble posted on Free Darkroom Equipment at 03/03/2010 - 22:11

womble
The most amazing cemetery I know of is the Bonaventure cemetery on the edge of Savannah in northern Georgia. My, those 19th century rich people had egos! Never seen such a collection of tombs, monoliths, statues and the like. It is particularly beautiful in the spring when the azalia's are out.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Incase anyone interested at 03/03/2010 - 22:06

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Bit confused here! If I understand it correctly, you have just acquired a darkroom set-up and are offering for free to anyone who can collect it?

I would post it in the "For Sale" section. We have had freebies in there before.

What, more precisely, is there? I don't suppose the enlarger can take 5x4?

K.

Comment by womble posted on Free Darkroom Equipment at 03/03/2010 - 21:58

womble
Old primes often are better than the "kit" zooms. Old zooms (especially former "kit" lenses) are less likely to be as good although that will vary greatly on the lens!

Personally, I would stick to picking up primes. (See my sig )

K.

Comment by womble posted on old versus new at 03/03/2010 - 21:55

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mikew wrote:
Further it takes very few really high earners to skew the average. Bear in mind there are many thousands who earn over £100,000 and they really should be excluded to give a more representative picture of the real income in the UK.
I was only quoting the official figures (to answer the question) and take your point about part-time workers etc., but this is the median figure and is therefore not skewed by high earners (unlike the mean which would be). The whole point of using the median is that it is robust estimate of the average and not affected by outliers.

Best wishes, Kris.

Comment by womble posted on unbelievable fact about pentax lens prices - cheaper to fly to canada and buy at 03/03/2010 - 21:50

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The "high res" scans are only 1830 by 1232 are were as flat as a pancake (I got the firm that developed them to scan them as well). They got the brightest pixels right up to the edge of the histogram but the blacks were all mid grey!

Here is an unedited one (except for resizing):

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I'm going to have a go with my new (but second hand) Minolta Dual Scan III when I get home and see if I can do better.

Your garage had much more left to look at. This place had been utterly stripped of everything and anything that could be sold or recycled. The more I look at them, the more I think No. 5 is my favourite.

Best wishes, K.

Comment by womble posted on Some for Andrew at 03/03/2010 - 21:17

womble
Not certain what that lens is like, but leave the 50-135mm at home Sacrilege!

Comment by womble posted on Tamron 18-200 at 03/03/2010 - 21:08

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robbie_d wrote:
But then I'm an amateur, so I might be wrong.
Nope, you are exactly right. K.

Comment by womble posted on Is the Pentax a Pro System? at 03/03/2010 - 20:58

womble
That is excellent ems! The frame works well and it now has a nice "punch" to it.

Best wishes, Kris.

Comment by womble posted on West Brompton at 03/03/2010 - 20:43

womble
Is this better?

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K.

Comment by womble posted on Some for Andrew at 03/03/2010 - 20:36

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