Poor little brand new Nikon 18-55mm VR.  Brand new.  Nice glass,
sharp.  Nice VR.  TERRIBLE plastic lens mount.  Camera took a spill,
cheap plastic flange on bayonet snaps off like a spaghetti noodle.
Forget the B.S. about strong re-inforced plastic.  It is ALL garbage.

Well, I've never used one.  Never even held one in my hands.  So
that's why I ask...
I assume the optical viewfinder - pentawhatever - lets you see how
the focus looks as you are composing.  But what about depth of

iso 100
f20
time 10sec
20mm

<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427295.100-cheap-naked-chips-snap-a-perf
ect-picture.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=tech>
Eric Miller
www.dyesscreek.com

Lithium batteries could be banned on air travel at some point due to
their volatility.  This would solve that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8297934.stm

I don't want to invest in a film scanner.  Anyone have recommendations
on current flatbed scanners with slide attachments that will result in
good slide scan results?  Not planning on blowing these images up for
large prints,  just for use on web sites and for family picture sites

I'm looking all over for a replacement shutter release button for my
Canon, A 80.
There's a website showing how to solder a wire-controlled remote for
this thing. Still, I'd rather just stick in a button, new or used it

A 4/3 camera with EXR sensor  - Fuji MS10 EXR ?
http://43rumors.com/ft4-fuji-joins-microfourthirds/

Taken at 4:30 P.M. out of my back window. Oh sh.t!
Location, Crafton Hills, CA. Circa one mile north of my home.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3949269189/sizes/o/
Crafton Hills College students evacuate in a hurry. The flames were

I have a Canon IXUS 70 Digital Camera and each time I remove the
memory card, put it in the PC, copy the pics, put the card back in the
camera to view the pics, a message comes up for a lot of them saying
'incompatible jpeg'

Weird problem. I have about 200 folders each with about 30 jpegs and tiffs.
I am using  Windows XP and OE 6.   This evening I used FILE AND FOLDER TASKS
EMAIL THE CONTENTS OF THIS FOLDER and was able to mail abou 15 folders.
Basically, the 3 - 6MB images were shrunk to about ...

A while ago I read an article in the paper about a website that you can
upload your photos to and people or businesses can then download the
pictures for a fee.
I normally would have scanned the article or

Patents for a small, mirror-less camera (smaller than micro 4/3rds)
and lenses.  Interesting!
http://nikonrumors.com/2009/10/16/its-a-nikon-patents-friday-nikon-mirrorless-in
terchangeable-lens-camera.aspx

Take a look, leave a feedback:
www.gralpix.com
Thanx.
S.G.

This person needs lessons from the resident experts ;-)
http://www.redbubble.com/people/skeeter/art/2346841-3-untitled
  BugBear