bozovic

Thanks a lot Nikos! You really gave me some good piece of advise! I simply cannot wait to drive there! :)<br><br>

Okay, <b>as for the route</b>, we will be coming over Patra (the sea way from

Italy) since we're from Switzerland. But, I must admit, your guess was pretty exact (Belgrade, Yugoslavia). :)<br>From Patra we will drive to Korinthos and then down to Epidavros, over Kranidi to Portocheli, where our stay will be. We plan to visit smaller towns and villages and avoid the bigger ones with a lot of traffic and/or tourists.<br><br>

<b>As for the equipment</b>, I plan to take a Contax RX along with 25/2.8,

35/2.8, 50/1.4 & 135/2.8 with me. Since the lens diameter is the same on all lenses, I'd probably buy some filter sets from Cokin before departure. I think I have to seriously consider this because of your advice - you must know. :) Or would it be better to take a Canon EOS 3 with 20/1.8, 28-105/3.5-4.5 & 70-200/2.8? The problem here is different diametres (82mm, 58mm, 77mm).<br><br>

We planned to drive down to Kalamata and Sparti so all of the Peloponnese should be within reach. Even to the oracle of Delphi we want to go. As far as I know, there's a ferry between Egio and Ag. Nikolaos on the other side of Korinthiakos Kolpos and so we should reach Delphi too. What about Korinthos? Is it worth visiting? And what about the Islands Spetses and Idra?<br><br>

Primarly <b>we want to shoot</b> anything from the ancient world or the middle ages. Our interests are culture and therefore also people, their homes and villages, landscapes surrounding them and places of belief like chapels, churches, oracles etc. and of course theatres, arenas and such. I'd definitely take my tripod with me and shoot everything with 100ASA film, probably Sensia. Something like <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/269270">this</a> picture from Tony Dummet I'd like to take but I guess such a scenery one can only find on the Cyclades... <br>What are the prices in Greece for, let's say Sensia 100 (with development) or Provia 100F (also with development)? Just approximatively.<br><br>

<b>I don't know the Greek people.</b> Are they reserved or would they allow taking a picture of them or their houses? How is it with strangers in their villages? Do they dislike them? I'm asking because of some experience in Sartene, Corsica. How about criminality? Probably I sound silly but I've never been to Greece and I'm so much looking forward to go there.<br><br>

Well, that's been a lot of text up to here and I think I'm over for the moment ... :)<br><br>

Thank you very much!<br>

M;los

Hello everybody<br><br>

In a month or so I'll be leaving to Greece. The journey is by car and

I'll be situated around Nafplio, Peloponees (just south to Athens).

<br>Does anybody know if there is something special to see and

photograph except the usual things mentioned in Greece-Guides? No

destination is too far so any recommendations are welcome!<br><br>

Second question: What film would you recommend? I usually shoot Provia

100F but I'm unaware of the situation in Greece - is it available

everywhere or not? Should I buy tons of film and carry it with me or

can I buy Provia also in Greece?<br><br>

I made the mistake and shoot Astia in southern France and nobody

seemed to have it. Then again, I made the mistake and used Provia in

Corsica where everybody seemed to have Sensia or Astia but no Provia.

Does something like this apply to Greece too?<br><br><br>

Thank you in advance.<br>

M;los

Hello out there<br><br>

I'm just wondering if processing a film at home is any better than

have it processed in a lab nearby. What do you say?<br><br> I usually

choose Fotofactory (Zurich, Switzerland) and they do a pretty good job

- although I seldom brought them high-speed films. Because I used to

develop the negatives on my own occasionally, I know that you can make

very fine-grained copies from IS0 3200 film if you use special

developers (for the development of the film). On the other hand, if

you use the "wrong" developer, the copies come out grainy. <br><br>So,

therefore my question: Are the labs using some "standard" developer

for all of the b/w negs (from let's say ISO50 to ISO3200), are they

taking care of the ISO Number and if you tell them you pushed the

film, do they adapt their processing to the ISO number you pushed the

film?<br><br>

These are things I had to worry about when processing on my own but

what do actually the labs do?<br> What is your experience?<br><br>

Thanks in advance for your responses.

The eos50e is a great camera. I started my Canon system with it and even today, after using some other EOS cameras, I must say, it's one of the best buys I made.<br><br>

The camera is definitely worth it's money. The nice eye-autofocus feature is really useful if you're shooting e.g. indoors with wide-angle lenses or outdoor with tele. Otherwise I simply use the center AF field.<br>

The handling is great and it is, for me at least, simpler than the handling of the EOS 1 or 3. The loud shutter click and mirror flip is a bit annoying but that doesn't matter as long as you're not shooting in theatres, bedrooms or something like this :)<br><br>

I found the autofocus on the EOS30 or EOS1V to be faster in low-light situations, even so the EOS300 AF but if you don't mind some extra weight and size (it's clearly bigger than the EOS 300 and since it uses more metal it's heavier), I'd say go for it.<br><br>

For even better handling when shooting portraits you can attach the

optional battery pack which also allows you to use the camera with normal AA batteries instead of the lithium batteries it normaly uses.

The battery pack adds some cm to the height and is ideal for big hands. It also adds a shutter-release button which can be turned off.

<br><br>

Don't go for older cameras than the EOS50 since the autofocus is

a bit slower. The EOS100 is a good pick, although older, since it is

quieter.<br><br>

That's all I had in mind ... :)<br>

Cheers,<br>