MY wife is interested in picking up photography as a hobby and I am looking
for a good biginner camera that will not break the bank. She wants a 35
mm.  We know very little about photography. Any input and advice are
greatly appreciated.

I've got a Cokin A series mount already and want to get a neutral
density grad for it.
Looking at Cokin's literature and website, I can only find full neutral
density filters (eg. "152 Neutral Grey ND2"

First, sorry for my bad english since i am a chinese from Hong Kong.
I am going to go north of the china for travel next month. The temperture is
only around -20C. I don't know whether my Contax G2 can work in such
enviroment. Does anyone have any experience?

Hi Mark!
Pbase does not hide those as well as you think ;)
Password not required on randomly selected thumbnail previews. ;(
Your interest in little "LV" kids is *VERY* *SUSPICIOUS*!!!!!!

Paul Bielec http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/38733552
An interesting idea in terms of subject preparation.  CocaCola
stockholders probably see this as solid.  Coke remains the worlds most
recognized brand.  Solid indeed.  (The fact that a 2 litre bottle of

Which brands of rechargeable batteries do you prefer?  What's a good source
for purchase?

This is my first attempt at this, so please be patient.
Paul: I like the idea. In fact, I toyed with it myself.  Your execution is
straight forward and pleasant, but I would have liked to see better lighting
on the label.  It was a nice interpretation of the mandate.

Have a Nikon N80 and am just starting to mess with manually setting
aperture, shutter speed, etc.  So I set the aperture to be very small
(largest F#), i.e. f22 to achieve good focus in foreground and
background.  But when I half-depress the shutter release button to see

Anyone know if Wal-Mart's Photo lab has the option to put 35mm film on
cd-only?  I wonder if it any less expensive than having them put on
film.  I tried calling several times today and the number has been busy.

Which one would you choose?
Which do you prefer when it comes to:
- the viewfinder
- build

Which one would you choose?
Which do you prefer when it comes to:
- the viewfinder
- build

How long will it be available?
Would it be likely that film choices
will be limited in the near future?
AL

Can anyone tell me how to go about ordering a part for a Nikon film SLR? I
called the 1-800 number from the Nikon USA website and obtained a non 1-800
number for parts. I have called several times for the past two weeks and
have been on hold for over 20 minutes each time. I would ...

I by far got only one lens, a CZ 50mm. Using it to shoot portraits, is
it possible to get good results?  I like to hear some advice on
anything around this case, about composition, subject distance, enlarge
and so on.