Just wondering if the SI is still alive?? looking at
http://www.aliasimages.com/si/rulz.html the current mandate (Symmetry) which
is due this weekend hasn't appeared on there yet. As I write this it is now
saturday evening and there still isn't a mandate for the coming fortnight. ...

I have used the harrow branch to print b&w from true b&w negatives, and
have recieved back prints with grey not true b&w,they appear ok if
printed high contrast.
I e-mailed the watford branch which told me they use kodak royal paper,

I'm going to hazard a guess and say the car is a Ford GT.  I'm right,
because I just double-checked myself.  Is it cheating if you had the
right answer in the first place?
Speaking of cars and cameras, there have been TWO times I swore out loud

Can anyone shed light on the myth that Tamron produce the (70-300 LD zoom)
lens that Nikon market as their own (70-300mm ED). I want to buy one or the
other but would appreciate your views as to whether image quality will
differ much between the two.

Some environment sites allege that non-rechargeable photo lithium
batteries are toxic. What do you do with them?

Too late, but Leica could have used its lens expertise to sell high end
lenses to Canon/Nikon competing against L lenses etc.. make a profit
doing so while still able to service its Rangefinder folks. They had
the name and the quality, leica lenses on Canon digital EOS bodies

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1021&message=12392921
In 14 hours using Nikon lenses
Take your corners . . .
There will be more reviews for the D2X published tomorrow.

In this month's issue of Popular Photography is a review of the Nikon
F6.  They have a pro/con list called the "What's Hot" and "What's Not".
Here is one striking quote from the What's Not:  "Recording medium
requires chemical processing before it can be read."

       So Steelydan seems to be among the missing, and we now move on to the
next person in line, who happens to be Richard Cockburn. Richard cannot
post directly right now, so he asked me to take care of it, and has chosen
to return to his own mandate, which is:

Mandate dates have moved two weeks.  Please plan accordingly.
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Updated turns list:
http://www.aliasimages.com/si/rulz.html#Round3

I'm looking at the following specs of two Canon lenses and can't easily
determine which lens will give me the largest magnification for macro type
work (I realize a macro lens would be better).  So - if I'm shooting a
mantis which would yield the largest mantis head in print ...

How is the magnification calculated for lenses in terms of X-power?
With 50mm focal length normal for 35mm (not considering crop factor on
dslr), is 100mm 2X, 300 6X, etc.?

From his web site, dated January 2005:
"Leica as a company is struggling to survive: there has been a recent major
shift in shareholders, the shares themselves are at a very low level, the
workforce has been substantially reduced, and the concept for the future is

German website, Spiegel Online, has reported that Leica is in financial
crisis after many banks cut its credit lines following an announcement
last week, which said it stood to lose half its operating capital. The
company, which introduced the first 35mm still camera in 1924, is ...

Looking to buy a scanner that scans 35 mm negatives. Cash or I have some
interesting photographic stuff to swap. Thanks!
Smokey
Minocqua WI