A bomb exploded 30 m from my house an hour ago. It didn't do a lot of
damage, but it was LOUD. The target was the main office of the state
Directorate of Land Revenue & Settlement, the department responsible
for collecting land and building taxes. I guess it was a token bomb

Hello, All!
I have noticed several scare stories about the short life time
of CDs written by computers. I recently had occasion to look at
the pictures stored on several CDs, all Memorex brand, both CD-R

Does anybody know
a) If Delkin plans to make a version of their pop-up shades for the
Pentax *ist DL, and if so, when?
b) If their existing 2.5" universal stick-on shade can be used on the

New site: http://www.freezewall.com
Over 5000 wallpapers !

A letter to Sony,
http://www.aliasimages.com/SonyReadThis.htm
Shooters: If you have improvements for this webpage, please e-mail me.
Cheers,

Preferably based on experience....
Looking for a replacement for my 4Mp point and shoot. Would like to
meet/exceed as many of the following as possible but don't want to
spend a fortune on the top of the line... nor do I need that...

The sky is blue.

I have a tax refund coming and had been thinking of buying an A610,
but suddenly there's a flock of new models in that series.  Any
thoughts about whether the A610 is still a good choice?  It's a bit
larger than I'd really like, but it has a 1/1.8" sensor and very long

Announced at PMA, the Panasonic L1 joins the Olympus 4/3 crowd,
also with ultrasonic dust removal.
What's perhaps more interesting is the Leica 14-50/2.8-3.5 lens
that was announced at the same time.

I'm sure someone must have come up with a way to jerry rig some sort of
viewfinder for those compact cameras that don't have one.
Those lcd screens aren't worth squat as far as street photography and grab
shots go, and yet it seems that's the only thing the better compact units

I won an Olympus D-360L Digital Camera (SmartMedia) and would like to but a
card reader that would work with SmartMedia and Windows 98 (First Edition)
and a PC which has a speed of 400MHZ. I bought a Dazzle Card Reader from
CompUSA that reads SmartMedia but it won't work with my ...

Avid readers might remember that I previously called for help because my
C-770UZ wouldn't shut down. Eventually it wouldn't start up either.
Estimates from repair shops far exceeded the cost of a used 770UZ...
I've got my 770UZ mostly disassembled. Generally, screws hold it ...

Some years ago (during the time Germany was two countries) there were two
Zeiss companies. Zeiss Ikon and Carl Zeiss Jena.
Which produced the better product?
Was the lesser quality product any good?

Looking for recommendations for specific models that take excellent
MACRO pictures.
Application is ROCKS!  Small mineral clusters, rock slabs, polished
cabs, etc.  Looking to find camera that will show subtle color blending

More from Samsung on their 10M cellphone cam:
"We have many researchers who are specialized in optical science and
they will help us catch up with famous optic technology firms such as
Carl Zeiss and Schneider soon."