MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
My announcement today is that my pet troll - the one who defames me and
post lies about me, claiming to have "mates" in ASIC who'll decend on me in
an instant at his command but never do, who called me a fraud and said I

Hello sir ,
Nice to see some one like you... i recently joined this group and was
reading all messages and found this interesting....
I have my classmate Mr. Rajesh here in india (mumbai ).We have learnt

Went out today to shoot the thousands of huge sandhill cranes in the
area,
but this little guy caught my eye.
http://www.pbase.com/image/54880301

There have been many rumours from different sources that got info from Japan
or those that would know- that all say there may be a new EF 50mm f1.2L
coming this spring. Has anyone actually heard any news in regard to this? I
know we won't know for sure until February.

I was wondering if anyone had any experience converting the any of the
Kodak DCS cameras to shoot film.
In particular the DC 420,520,620 and 760 (or any others)
From what i have read the 420 is fairly easy to convert requiring only a

       Hi Gang!
       The latest gallery in the Shoot-In is now available for your viewing
pleasure in the dining car, AKA, http://www.pbase.com/shootin/snow.
       Given the lateness of the mandate, I'll probably accept entries for

Just bought a second-hand Minolta Dynax 9 body, and I would like to
know if anyone has had any problems with it in hot and humid
conditions. I am going to Gabon this summer for a month, and I am
pondering whether or not to sell my other body (Minolta 800Si).

What are recommendations for the best 35mm film
scanner for under $1000?
Thanks for your advice.
Mike.

I'm looking for a decent, shirt-pocket sized P&S that runs on AAs. Two or
three megapixels is sufficient and the ability to do short QT videos would
be nice. I have a CoolPix 990, and it's the right size in picture quality
but it's too big to have on me all the time.

I am after a number of volunteers to open up galleries on my site. The
catch? There is no catch. I am basically testing out new software I
have written. The idea is to create a place where photographers can
upload images, create a portfolio without needing a) to pay anyone any

http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201
-- So long, all film cameras except the F6 (and FM10).
-- Fare thee well, Large Format Nikkors.
-- Happy trails, 105mm f/2.5 and other classic manual focus Nikkors.

I love film, so this is saddening.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4605418.stm
SW

Ringo, John, George, Paul.
Pity that these poor people didn't have the wonderful Canon 20D to
capture the moment.
http://www.pbase.com/image/54848350

I am new to this group..  a photographer who has started using internet
now,
I would like to know if someone in this group has a Nikon Metal body
camera, ( FM2 ,FM2n, FG, FG20 , FE, .. )  or any other metal body cams