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I was in China in '99 and again in '00 and my experience was pretty much as David found it. Only on occasion was there some restriction on photography and that usually fell into the areas of flash in museums or photography of holy places. They are really open about it. There was supposed to be no photography in the museum of the Terra Cotta Soldiers at Xian but the guards only smiled! I found that people, in general, were not camera shy in the big cities but were a bit more so in smaller towns. Use your good judgement, and have a really nice trip. I'm sure you'll be glad you visited China.<div></div>

Hey fer crissake already, what's with this business of people posting in the wrong forum?! WHATTSAMATTA WITH YOU?!! Geeze!

Am I wrong or do we not have a Medium Format forum somewhere hereabouts?

Good advice but I'd consider using manual exposure and an 18% reflectance card.

Hey, I'm so amused I can hardly stand it!

Gosh, Mish, I've got one on order. Should I cancel it?

I tell people that the three most common human characteristics are pettiness, greed, and self-delusion. I've got the pettiness and greed part licked, all I have to do now is work on the self-delusion! Evidently there are quite a number of people here who haven't even gotten over their pettiness!

B&H have been out of the 10D for several weeks now. Can we read

anything into this concerning the lifespan of this item?

Would you like that letter deliverd by a courier?

Using my 550EX on an EOS 3 I get about 1 stop too much fill when

shooting daylight scenes with the sun behind the subject. Is there a

way to control that?

His column was last updated June 26th. Sombody shake him and see if

he is just sleeping or needs medical attention!

I guess some clarification is in order here. "Downright zippy" was a phrase that came into common usage back in the 1920's when ace swimmer Zippy Speedwater swam underwater in an Olympic sized pool filled with pilsner beer and broke the world record for whatever distance he was challenging (it escapes my mind at the moment).

The phrase "pokey as the dickens" came into popular usage many

decades earlier when it was revealed in the Times of London that Charles Dickens suffered from a bad case of phlebitus in his right leg and could not walk at all quickly. There, I hope that helps to clarify my comments. Let me know if there is anything else you need in this regard.

OK, I'll give that a try, thanks for the input.

This is somewhat akin to asking "How many devils can dance on the point of a pin?". It depends on a number of factors, as was noted above.

GEEZE, this place was flat out zippy for awhile (right after I sent

in a three year subscription!) and now its pokey as the dickens. It

looks like the server needs another kick in the butt!

I'm not at all happy using variable F/stop lenses because I shoot in manual mode using a handheld meter most of the time. I've got the 300mm F/4 and love it. I've shot photos in a Chinese theater hand-held at 1/30th and got usesable images. On top of that, my mind is beginning to swing back to the favor of primes. There is just a lot of subjective decision making that goes into these decisions.

I'm certain this has been discussed here before but trying to find

the answer using the Google search is a exercise in frustration.

Sometimes when I turn my EOS 3 up to shoot a vertical the display

panel will read "EYE" and the shutter will not fire. What's the

problem here? I know it has to do with eye control calibration but

the instruction manual does not go into much depth on this topic.

Greg, before doing that, check and see if B&H or Adorama have an Elan 7 body "refurbished" for about $250. I bought one to mount my 14mm lens on and consider it a great bargain.

Bob's harsh judgement of the great German cinemefotographer is made with the full benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Maybe he's right, but we can never know for certain. Why do we rail on against the Nazis (yes, they were monsters) when the horrors of Stalin and Mao make Hitler look like a second rate tyrant?

OK, Carl, give us the real scoop, just what ARE they supposed to be doing with the X3?

Maybe you need to set up Zone Alarm on your computer to make SURE this does not happen.

Mac, take it easy man, these things happen.

If you get anywhere near Mesa Verde in SW Colorado you won't want to miss that. Also, Bryce Canyon national park is a real treat.

Anno is yet another of those people who take this whole ratings thing altogether too seriously. Nobody is going to confiscate one of your kids if you don't get high ratings on the PN website (your wife, maybe, but not the kids!!). So, just relax and enjoy a stress free existence!

EGADS!! This, just as I'm preparing to order that camera from B&H!!