I've never seen this mentioned anywhere before, and I'm not sure of the
answer, so here goes.
We know that when using your camera's metering system on overly white
subjects, like snow for example, that it will read the white as a

In an earlier post I mentioned that I would be shooting two
celebrations in the coming weeks.  Today was a 95th birthday
celebration for a friend of mine.  Next week, a wedding.
Here's a few samples from today's shoot, all taken with the 20D of

This one bit me again...
Is there a way to make the F100 inoperable after the film has been rewound?
After thousands of rolls of film, my operation of the camera is instinctive.
Sometimes I don't even remember pressing the rewind buttons. So here's the

...unless of course it's Footbol.
Here's a few soccer pics I took yesterday.
http://www.pbase.com/bret/soccer

In my best bad Dashiell Hammett:
The images they showed me had the grittiness of sandbox in a windstorm.
A generally good collection of photographic evidence.  Many of the
images lacked any trace of a suspect, a stipulation that was alluded to

You've all seen the camera flashes from folks in stadiums,
and many of us know these photos will produce good results
of the back of people's heads in the rows in front of you.
This observation was recently enforced at a wedding where

I sent my XD-11 to Garry's camera repair
http://www22.brinkster.com/garryscamera/ and got it back today.
I sent it out on Oct 12 and got it back today Oct 22. I have to say
Garry did a fine job of servicing it. He even cleaned to prism and

       ... but "Noir" can now be seen at http://www.pbase.com/shootin/noir
       I can imagine the comments that I also can't shoot it, but hey...
       Have fun!
    - Al.

I didn't submit an image for this one.
However, the following could have worked for both Noir and END:
http://fureteurs.aliasimages.com/pbielec_photo3.html

Steve Kramer - a photographer with expensive gear and limited talent.
Steve Kramer had always dreamed of becoming a professional photographer and
jungle safari tour-guide. But as the years slipped by, so did his chances of
ever fulfilling his chidhood dream. Life was hard for ...

I would like to present a new chapter on my web
site.
It's the picture of the week. Each monday a new
picture :

I would like to show you my last update.
It's some portraits of a little kid called Lou.
It's in square and black & white.
Direct link, here :

       Hi SI fans!
       Since Alan Browne expected to be in a swamp somewhere on this
particular day, he asked me to post the mandate for him when the time came
around, and miracle of miracles, I'm being prompt!

       Okay, sorry, I exaggerate, it's not ALL true. But yes, I have
resigned as SI Administrator, and in fact the position has now been
dissolved.
       As of today, however, I have been offered (by me) and happily

Was checking through ebay for a Tamron 28~200 minolta mount lens while
found this:
http://tinyurl.com/aqxch
It says the lenses are new, while the Tamron site says they should cost