jim_tardio2

According to my PayPal history, I made a payment of $68.00 on May 31,

2003. My subscription should run until 2006...correct?

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According to a note on my workspace...my subscription has expired.

Please correct this.

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Thanks.

I have to disagree with you, John, about being more accurate with wide angles. The parallax error factor with wide angles make framing difficult at best. You may be able to focus a bit more accurately, but the framing sure suffers...an slr is far more accurate with wide angles in this regard.

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I like rangefinders, but for all practical purposes they work best with lenses in the 28 to 50mm range.

<i>I'd shoot slide all the time if there wsn't such an issue with the cost and graininess of fast slide films.</i>

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I do shoot slide all the time now. But one of the reasons I'm thinking about this is the results I'm getting from the print film I'm running through my XPAN...almost non-existant grain, great shadow detail, nice contrast. And because the XPAN has a slow f4 lens (f-5.6 with the center filter), the speed is a big help...I've been shooting NPH.

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From an editing standpoint, however, slides are much easier.

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Thanks, guys, for all the input.

I love the stuff. It is somewhat expensive and takes a while to

process...I believe the only lab in the US is in Miami. I keep

meaning to try dr5. They are in Los Angeles...about a 30 minute

drive for me...but haven't gotten around to it yet. They will make

slides from almost all B&W emulsions. Anyway, here's a Scala shot I

took in Paris with an Olympus Stylus Epic...if I can get the html

right.

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<img src="http://www.jimtardio.com/paris-bw-old-man-big.jpg"

width=289 height=405>