[ 17 May 2002: Message edited by: Thom Mackesy ]

Have a great weekend all. We get an extra day in Canada for Victoria Day - ah Monday off!

Play hard - be safe.

Have a gr8 (long for us Canucks)weekend everyone.
 

First (Canadian) long weekend of the "summer". Hopefully we will have time to do a little detailing on the family vehicles (maybe even a little Zaino on the SS )

[ 17 May 2002: Message edited by: JohnS ]

Go Bruins!

Have a great weekend. Dinner plans for Sat night but that is it this weekend.

Throught I would throw this picture in today. I spent a few minutes with the digital camera yesterday. I have had the thing for a wuite a while and didn't know how to use it right. I wanted to be able to take pictures where the subject is dark with a bright background and not have the subject be underexposed. I always have to lighten picture of the SS because it is black. I figured out how to get the right aperature from the subject instead of the background. Now I am going to try some manual shutter speeds and f-stops to see if I can change the depth of field (as in have the background blurry). The camaera has a lot of features that I never use. I always enjoyed my old manual 35MM but the digital is fun too.

Now if my free web hosting site would just work!

[ 17 May 2002: Message edited by: DanA_F99_1977 ]

Marion's hopping on a plane to Edmonton for the long weekend to visit her sister and family ... so it'll be me, Scotty (our rabbit) and the SS for the weekend. Hopefully I'll be able to get the last of the "tinkering" done. Tim and I finished installing the strap mounts on our new trailer last night so that's all set now. (:

Y'all have a great day ... weekend ... and long weekend, Canucks
 

Going to get together with some fellow F-Bod owners tomorrow by the Fisherman's Wharf. Will take some pics for sure.

Y'all have a great weekend and be safe!
 

Raining here today
Hopefully it will be nicer this weekend, hope everybody has a nice 2 days off!
 

Our 250 mile drive last weekend is still fresh in my mind....it'll have to carry me through the rainy weekend.
 

Dan, you shutter bug, the pic looks great. In Nikon scholl we learned that one of the most important things in picture taking is keep the manual for the camera with the camera at all times - it works!

Had a good meet with Bello and Erin last evening.

Oil changes for the SSs this weekend.

Have a great one all.
 

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Hey all, working from the home office today, about 400 emails to catch up on

Dan, you shutter bug, the pic looks great. In Nikon scholl we learned that one of the most important things in picture taking is keep the manual for the camera with the camera at all times - it works!

Had a good meet with Bello and Erin last evening.

Oil changes for the SSs this weekend.

Have a great one all.

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I have an old Minolta SRT 201 and a 800MM zoom. I got pretty good with that. It is completely manual. No auto focus, no auto iris. I had to really learn the camera. There are so many neat things you can do. I haven't touched that camera in a couple of years. I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled technology! I am getting old. I really want to spend some time and experiment with the manual settings to see what I get. The neat thing is no film, if I don't like something I can jsut delete it! Cool!
 

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Originally posted by DanA_F99_1977:

I really want to spend some time and experiment with the manual settings to see what I get. The neat thing is no film, if I don't like something I can jsut delete it! Cool!

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What did you get? Sounds like a great digital if it has all the manual overrides. How much optical zoom does it have?
 

I've had a Sony digital camera for a couple of years now, and really like it. It has all the manual adjustments - exposure, speed, flash, etc. It has a 6X digital zoom. A bonus with the Sony is that I was able to buy a lense adaptor, that mounts a Sony video cam 2X telephoto lens, giving me a 12X zoom. The zoom is great at racing & other outdoor events.
 

Thanks!