http://konicaminolta.com/releases/2006/0119_03_01.html
Sad to see them go.  I use old Minolta SLRs as my everyday shooters.

Tom Gabriel http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/54898930
A difficult lighting situation.  Unfortunately, as you used a polarizer
at a wide angle, and face to the light source, the polarization took
place mainly at the bottom of the image giving it that "ND" grey at the

I'll be in Ft-Lauderdale for a trade show in mid Feb.
Any good stores in the area?
Cheers,
Alan

I am very confused by sRGB vs. Adobe RGB.  I have a Canon 20D and Photoshop
CS2.  Both have settings for sRGB or Adobe RGB workspace.  I know the Adobe
is supposed to have more colors, but Canon cautions against it in the owners
manual.  "Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 (Exif ...

I picked up a 2nd-hand Pentax ME-F in a shop the other day.
I paid almost nothing for it which is just as well as it seems to have
the following problem:
when I depress the shutter-button there's a delay before it fires. The

Does anyone have experience with Vuescan or Silverfast on
Konica-Minolta negative digitizers?  How do they compare with
the software that comes with the digitizer?
Thanks,

I own the Stylus 2200 but it's been uplgugged for over a year. I
haven't been shooting, printing or scanning much - been playing and
writing music. Am I screwed? Is the ink going to dry (or has it dried),
and will that damage the printer? Is there a way to do repairs myself?

Jeff posted:
"I've also just discovered Velvia 100 (although in 6x6; I don't shoot
much 35mm any more as I've gone mostly to digital for that stuff) and
like it a lot.  I heard something not too long ago about a Photoshop

In addition to Focal Point can anybody recommend a good service in the
US??

One of my friends in UK is buying a Canon EOS 350D (digital Rebel XT).
He wants to use Tamron AF 18-200 mm F3.5 - F6.3 Di-II with it. How good
is this lens compared to its price range? I can not find it in
fredmiranda (http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showcat.php?cat=43).

I recently received a Robot STAR (Biotar 4cm/2.0, D1516xx) as a Birthday
present.  Several questions have come up.
How do you reset the film counter; there is part of a toothed wheel that
protrudes at the back just to the back left of the film counter.  It

A nice comparison can be read about here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/Cramer.shtml

The biggest lens I have at the moment is a Sigma EX 70-200/2.8 and
since I am going to Gabon this summer to shoot wildlife, I though I'd
need something bigger. So...
The new Sigma EX 2.0 Teleconverter APO DG ... does it also work with

Well, bad news sports fans!
I was out yesterday taking pics of the sandhill cranes (see links
below), and my trusty 20D took a bad fall off a handrail onto a wooden
deck.  It was probably my fault since I had my shutter release cable

"Following the success of our digital line-up over the last seven years,
which has resulted in more than 95% of Nikon's UK business being within the
digital area, Nikon Corporation has made the decision to focus management
resources on digital cameras in place of film cameras. This ...