Recently I've started scanning some of my old slides, and I've noticed that
some of them are quite dirty.  What is the best and safest way to clean
them?  I think Edwal makes a cleaning solution - does anyone know exactly
what it's called?

I would like some recomendations on a lens for my F90X Nikon. I need to
shoot detailed views of small machine parts, documents (book pages) and
paintings. Ideally one single lens would do these tasks but shopping in
a camera store is like asking a gypsy for a house builder.

Has anybody an opinion on the Sekonic Studio Deluxe 11
L-398M light meter.
I have an opportunity to purchase one very cheap.
I tried it once indoors and outdoors and it appears

Oh, the depths I go to for my fans!
I think you'll like this one I took today with
the Totally Discontinued 20D:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/56453463/original

Good Morning!
I have a few nice items available for auction on eBay, And I would like
to invite you to take a look!
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcanonman70

I've been scanning some old stuff, and this is typical of the type of work
that made me a bit of money about 28 years ago:
http://home.comcast.net/~xelbon/seabrook.jpg
Hassy 500 C/M, 50mm f4, Tri-X. I can still smell the D76 and Dektol.

Just take a look at the number of film cameras being sold on ebay not
to mention camera shops around the country.
That should answer the question.
Colyn Goodson

Well sports fans, it had to happen.
Finally, a sports magazine has noticed my talents and has used one of
my photos.
My Jason Gore pic I took last year is featured in the current (JAN/FEB

After KIVed my Nikon camera for the past couple of years in a camera drybox
filled with silica gel beads, recently i discovered that it was infected
with fungus spots.  Anybody out there can tel me how to get rid of those
fungus inside the lense.....

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Digital Moves to Top-Tier Cameras
By IAN AUSTEN
Published: February 20, 2006
But the reasons for his commitment have as much to do with practical matters

The inventory for this body is non-existant. Is this do to demand or
has Nikon stopped manufacturing because of a quality problem? Do any
D200 users out there have any problems with your bodies ( the D200, not
your personal issues, geeezzz, you got to be precise on this site)?

I was at a trade show for the better part of last week in sunny Florida
(very nice on Thur/Fri in the upper 20's (Centigrade) and even over 30C
yesterday pm.  Returned to -17C at home and 40 - 60 km/hr winds last night).
Anyway, as I was walking around the trade show at one point ...

       Hey hey hey, welcome to the close of Round Four of the Shoot-In! The
"Bokeh" gallery is now up at http://www.pbase.com/shootin/bokeh
       Commentary is, of course, welcome and encouraged, even if you haven't
submitted.

From the Mercury News:
"BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Muslim protest over caricatures of the Prophet
Muhammad turned into a rampage that injured at least 30 people in Beirut on
Sunday, as outrage over the drawings spread across continents and widened