Many of us have kill-filed David Nebenzahl because of how obnoxious his
posts have become. Yet we are still subjected to seeing an inordinate
number of follow-up posts that point out his cluelessness.
Please, if you do follow-up, change the subject line to include

What's up with rec.photo.digital.zlr? Someone's idea of a joke? (Yes, my
ISP really does carry this group.)

Miss Mantis was gracious enough to meet with me early Sunday morning for a
quiet interview and portrait session.
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/Mantis/MissMantis.htm
-Jim

Is it just me, or do the candles in a jar seem a bit light weight. The ones
at Dollar Tree. Someday I'll remelt one, and see if the liquid level is much
lower, after remelting.

How much longer do you think it will be before we all start calling
DSLRs simply SLRs and film SLR are called FSLRs or maybe film SLRs.
Google comes up with almost 700,000 hits for "film SLR" and over
15,000,000 for "digital SLR", so clearly at this point in time if one

I was wondering about how fill flash affects the existing light. Of course
it will take the shadows and lighten them up a bit, but what about the parts
of the picture that are correctly exposed by the existing light? I mean the
light emanating from the flash (attached to the hot ...

OK Kramer, you want frogs?  I'll show you frogs!
(And a few others I took today as well.)
Another good lunch hour ruined.
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/103570829/original

Nikon D40 is one of the smallest cameras in the market. It is compact
and light to carry. Being portable, it can be carried easily anywhere
assuring you that all your favorite and once-in-a-life-time moments
are captured for eternity. To read more about Nikon d40 digital camera

Flash site:
http://www.s.leica-camera.com/
Without Flash:
http://uk.leica-camera.com/photography/s_system/

and a story...
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/CanonFrog/TheCanonFrog.htm
-Jim

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/103438232/original
And here's one from the family album of grandpa:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/103438235

Again, hostonce.com have dropped the ball.  I'm moving to a new domain
host, which will take time (no more than a day or 2, I hope).  In the
meantime, the rulz can be dug out of the cache at google:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6sx3ue

Here is some very welcome news for all of us who enjoy using Carl
Zeiss glass on our Canon EOS bodies:  brand new Carl Zeiss lenses are
now available in Canon EF mount!
The first two EF mount lenses from Carl Zeiss are the very highly

Well, a little more than that:   2008.09.28 evening EDST (NY time).
Mandate:
     Wide.
         doesn't have to be super-wide but take advantage of the