Yo, Al. Follow the bouncing email to wading-in net. Tried four times to send
SI image. All returned. :(
Vic

Hi, I'm interested on a Minox 35. What opinion do you have about it?
Thanks all
P.

SIers, old and new,
I've taken over maintnenace of the RULZ page (conspiracy theorists, this is your
chance) as Matt Clara wanted to relieve himself of that maintenance.
I've done some editing, consolidated the amendments into the rules proper,

I prepared a small review to compare how does the new 24-105mm zoom
compare to other Minolta primes. Check the following link for more
details:
http://voronoi.sbp.ri.cmu.edu/~eshammas/minolta/lenses/zoom_vs_prime/

I'm a Nikon user who needs a light compact camera for backpacking. I'm
considering a N75 or N65 but have two questions. I sometimes like to take
long-exposure night-time photos of star trails that sometimes last one
hour. Does either camera support remote camera releases that ...

       I hope this comes as no inconvenience, but my mail and web servers
have been down for a few days because my hosting service thought it prudent
to change the IP addresses and not tell me.
       They're back now, so if anyone has sent mail that bounced, most

I sure hope digital is just a fad seeing the way things are going with it.
My experience with P&S has been horrible, as has apparently everyone else's who
has missed shots because of shutter delay.
The higher resolution photos you take the longer it takes to save them, and the

In case anybody is interested:
Vivitar 28-80/3.5-5.6, macro, multicoated, zoom, auto
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3851299176
Blue Tamrac 5273 Expedition 3 photo backpack

The 20D reaches great heights!
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/35916814

My wife just got a second hand Minolta Dynax 500si, but it came
without an operating manual.
I promised her I would be her hero and find one on the web from some
friendly and helpful enthusiast.

I'm trying to find a cheap projector on eBay.
Any one know the differences between these old projector models, as they
seem to crop up frequently.
They both seem to use a 24v 150w bulb, have wired remote, manual electronic

I have one of these.  What is it?
See it at http://academ.hvcc.edu/~manniken/images/ebay/vivitar.jpg
Thanks.
Ken

Well sun worshipers, here's one I took today, taking advantage of some early
morning fog:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/35946204
And here's a strange one I took the other evening as I was driving up I-75:

Don't like it, don't read it, cause you can't unread it.
Jim Kramer
Skip M:  Very nice, but does nothing for me. I suspect that I would like it
better if there were more visible detail, but I know that's not going to

I have not been satisfied with the scanned images I have been getting
with my Elite Chrome slides. I compared a scanned print with the
scanned slide of the same old building taken minutes apart in
different cameras and the print was much sharper than the slide. The