Here’s the car that beat the F3 … (circa 1963 vintage)

Maybe they should’ve put a lighter crew in the F3?

I suppose it depends on your definition of ‘sad’ … calling yourself after your daughter’s rabbit rates fairly close in my book … 😀

I have a friend with a (get this) spare Canon 350D with associated standard zoom for sale. If you wish, I can pass on your email address. The camera has never been used and is only about 3-4 mths old.

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Dave

Nearly impressed !

One or two of those are actually quite good!

I’ll give you some tips on minor improvements next week.

Heh,
Guess we are going to have to agree to differ on this DMC 😀 You believe you can’t do it with a digital camera, and ~gosh~ you can’t.

It seems we’re in agreement.

Here’s a shot I took in 1994 using a Kodak 1600 film and a humble Pentax P30 T. The only manipulation was to add the text (very cheesy, I know, I had a couple with different phrases made) – this pic looks fabulous as a 30×20 and has been on my parents dining room wall for about 10 yrs!

The second shot was prob taken in 1992/3 – I’ve recently scanned it at 3600dpi using a budget £200 35mm film scanner and done some minor contrast/brightness adjustment in PSP.

Any guesses as to the venues?? :confused:

( These are posted to prove that I was ‘manipulating’ 10/11 yrs ago … I’m sure my wife would agree!! )

Interesting pic Snapper,
No I can’t guess, but v. atmospheric !

Surely there’s only one poem!!

Although personally I think that ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’ is more inspirational, ‘High Flight’ (assuming that’s what you’re representing) is brilliant, but a bit ‘over-used’. :rolleyes:

If one is silly enough to bang off 1,000 or 36 pics without thinking about it, you’ll get what you deserve.

My point here is that I believe the medium does make a difference. If one has to accept that viewing the image will occur after the shoot with fim, then there is a natural proclivity to ensure the setup is absolutely perfect prior to pressing the shutter.

Every seasoned photographer will extol the virtues of fixed focal lenses over zooms for 2 reasons; they’re generally better, and perhaps more importantly they make you exercise your legs and self criticsm rather than your zoom. I believe the analogy is the same with digital.

Going back to conventional cameras and taking more effort to get good pictures is laudiable – but I fail to see why more care could not have been used with the new kit for the same result. Sure there are different merits, but don’t blame digital for your lack of application to it! 😉

See above. A few years ago I had a fantastic Canon T90 – in terms of features it was easily the better of today’s sub £1000 digital SLRs, but I still put more thought into my photography then, than I seem to do now with my current Nikon 8800.