There is a vote underway on a new newgroup proposal that will change
the face of Usenet if it passes. This new group would be a moderated
version of a popular unmoderated group. The current group has a single
troll that is easily killfiled. This troll always posts under the same

Anyone know the voltage and polarity of this adaptor?
It's $60.00 at B&H and that's BS of a very high order.
Cheers,
Alan.

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.
The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,

p.110 of Maxxum 7D manual: "The DiMAGE Master software can remove the affects of
dust from RAW images. This is done by taking a dust reference image before
cleaning the CCD. For more on this process, see the DiMAGE Master manual."
-has anyone tried this?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0412/pentax_40mmlens.gif
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0412/04121501pentax_pancakelens.asp
no price mentioned.  Digital SLR's only.
Reminiscent of the Nikon 45 f/2.8 "Pancake" lens (whice used to be $280 or so at

I just noticed that an outfit calling themselves "All Digital Dreams"
(http://www.alldigitaldreams.com) lists their location as "Fridtjof
Nansens Plass 17, 0160 Oslo, Norway". They are selling digital cameras
and stuff at prices too good to be true.

I just got a Digital Rebel and am using it instead of my Canon Elan II.  I
have a Canon Speedlite 380EX for my Elan II and it appears to work fine with
the Digital Rebel but someone at a camera store told me I should get new
flash that was better suited for the Digital Rebel.  Is ...

Does anyone know which IC filter (how many "nm") is best for usage with
Olympus E-1 ???

Any one did purchase recently with suggestions?
I will need one for my new 300D...
Either 1G or 512MB...
Loads of thanks in advance...

I am a newbie to photography so please excuse my naive questions. I
recently purchased the Nikon D70 and I was wondering if someone had
any suggestions for a good book so I could learn to use the darn
thing. Proper exposure, aperture settings, shutter settings..etc. I am

Any opinions if there is any risk using older external flash units with
Pentax *ist D, eg. Pentax ring flash AF080C an Metz CT-4?
Matti

Hi all, has anyone seen or heard of the Minolta Maxxum 7D arriving in
Canada yet?
I looked on a few Canadian Camera sites but they all say pre-order.
I also noticed on Carmans Photo Source (www.carmans.com) that the

Hi there, is this typical of shops this day & age:-
Sunday evening, ordered a Canon 20D + cheap lens
Monday morning, received email asking for a bill with my address on it
Monday dinner time, faxed the required bill (before 1 pm)

Has anyone in group Bought one yet and if so
are you pleased with it or not
I am waiting for them to arrive in New Zealand and would
like some ideas if they are worth buying

Today I bought (second hand) a TC-16A convertor for my Nikon F4s. I want to use this convertor in combination with the 80-200/f2.8 zoom lens (old type)
How to use this combination? I can't change the program (PH/S/A/M). The displays shows only option A.
Please your advice,
thank you ...