Sold my Nikon FE and three lenses on ebay this weekend.  Hopefully t
good homes.  I'm still shooting film, and used the FE once in a whil
on business trips, but with digital I've moved to Canon lenses an
flashes, and have an EOS-3 for film work. I kept the 105mm portrai

Picked up a 2.8 28mm lens for next to nothing that I thought was a Minolta
mount, but it doesn't fit my XE-7. It's a bayonet, the backcap says
"Asahi." Pentax mount maybe? Is there an adapter out there perhaps?
Thanks for any suggestions.

Well it's Thanksgiving time and everyone knows what that means.
A big bird!
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Thanks everyone for taking part in the "Top tips" debate, even those that
were very judgemental of me and my abilities.  My photographic abilities may
be average but it doesn't stop me taking the odd decent picture, with your
tips I'll maybe get a few more.

I have a Contax II where the serial no. starts with the letter Q. Does
anybody know which time period the camera is made?
From this homepage I know that the letter says approx. the year of
manufactory:

Is it possible to tell from a B&W photo if it was shot with natural
light, rather than indoor artificial light?
With regular colour film, using it under some types of artificial
lighting can produce a colour shift and give the photo a different

I would like to slave 285's with Wein peanuts with my Digital Rebel but the
ETTL is setting off the flashes prior to image capture.
How can I do this wirelessly.
Do I need Wizards (or something similar)? I have also tries Canon's infrared

...over limited distances...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/light_speed_000530.html
Excerpt from the web page:
"The situation is somewhat similar for faster-than-light experiments to

Living in Canada I find that many retailers choose not to compete with
the international market on price. Specifically, US mail order prices are
often a lot cheaper for top end equipment. I do wonder, however, if I ever
had a warranty problem on US purchases how it would be ...

I need a new flash for my Canon T70. I am having trouble getting the
Canon one (277T). Which others could I use? Thanks!

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Cody,
http://community-2.webtv.net/AnOvercomer02/PhotographyLinks

Anyone know if the newer Nikon digital cameras D80 and D200 accept older
Nikon fit manual lenses AIs etc.
If they do fit are there any working limitations apart from autofocus
abviously. I asume Matrix metering dosent work any thing else.

Small, but good group of photos for this mandate. My comments, as usual,
must be taken with huge grains of salt since I really don't know what I'm
talking about. A few thoughts:
Michael Benveniste:

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Nine images now

I am going back to my slr film camera after a few years of digtial
point and shoot. I have purchased some print film; Kodak uc 100 and
400. (I see several recommendations but they are old postings.) I would
appeciate any suggestions on the current market. I used to shoot slide,