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<p>Regarding sales tax:<br>

If an out-of-state seller fails to collect sales tax, it is your responsibility to comply with Florida law. You must submit payment directly to the Florida Department of Revenue. </p>

<p><a href="http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/consumer/">http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/consumer/</a><br>

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Fix your spelling of "Czestochowa."

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Częstochowa">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Częstochowa</a>

What kind of film was it? Verichrome Pan?

"Easiest shots to miss are the "readers"."

 

The Readers (or Lectors) at a wedding Mass are usually chosen by the bride and are often close friends or important relatives. So it would be good to get their pictures. Also may be true of any soloists.

 

If it is a very traditional (or ethnic) family, there may be the placing of a bouquet to honor Mary. In older churches the altar on the assembly's left (the bride's side of the church) is usually dedicated to Mary. Sometime after the communion activity is complete and before the recessional, the Bride and Maid/Matron of Honor will stand up and go to this side altar and place a bouquet. And spend a few moments in prayerful contemplation ("Blessed Mother, what have I just done? Don't let him turn into a jerk").

A new book on the Alpha from O'Reilly.

(I have no connection with either O'Reilly or the author - I haven't even read

this book :) but I have used many O'Reilly computer books and like them). Maybe

this will be useful to you. It is part of O'Reilly's "Short Cut" series of

downloadable PDF documents.

<p>

Sony Alpha DSLR A100: A Better Manual<br>

By Ken Milburn

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First Edition: May 2007<br>

Series: Short Cut<br>

Format: PDF<br>

ISBN 10: 0-596-52925-2<br>

ISBN 13: 9780596529253<br>

Pages: 90<br>

Cost: $9.99 USD<br>

<a href = "http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529253/" >

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529253/ </a>

<a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/buckinghamfountain.fountainhome">Buckingham Fountain</a> has a light and water show at the top of each hour. Last show at 10pm.

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Epson Perfection 4490 PHOTO has film carriers for 120 - and just $179US with rebate. Plenty good enough to post Holga images on a website and make small prints.

 

But since this is a Holga I would suggest: tape your negative to a window, then use your digital camera to take a picture of the negative. You may have to get several frames together if you don't have close focus capabilities on your lens. Then crop and reverse the colors in your image processing software. (I use GraphicConverter on the Mac - it has a "one button" option to flip colors and handle the orange mask.)

 

Second Holga-esque suggestion: use the cheapest scanner you can find. Make a tent of a folded piece of white cardboard several times as big as the film width (crease is at a 90 degree angle). Place negative on glass, place tent over negative - it acts as a corner reflector and shines light back through the negative.

Fuji Natura 1600 with a 50mm f/1.2 lens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

 

 

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm

The MC 58mm f/1.2

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See "The Ultimate Normal Lens Challenge":

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<a href="http://rokkorfiles.com/Battle%20of%2050s1.htm">

http://rokkorfiles.com/Battle of 50s1.htm

</a>

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"Where do you get these other sizes printed at?"

 

I just get prints at 5x7 or 6x9 and crop with a paper cutter.

"Chicago's Lakefront is a noted hotspot for birding, with Wooded Island and Bob-o-link Meadow (both in Jackson Park just off the U of C campus)two prime targets for bird watchers from around the world."

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<a href = "http://www.hydepark.org/parks/bird.html" > http://www.hydepark.org/parks/bird.html </a>

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<p>If you are in the Indianapolis area (perhaps for the <a href =

"http://www.usgpindy.com/">Grand Prix</a>?) - Fry's (in <a href =

"http://shop4.outpost.com/isp/fishers.html">Fishers)</a> has Vivitar 2X

Teleconverter for the manual focus Minolta. The box is marked down to $19.90

from $56.93 - but is only $4.90 at the register! Such a deal - I couldn't

resist. Only 2 left.

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This has 4 elements fully multicoated with all the coupling needed for the X-bodies.

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(Sorry, I just happened to be there - I live too far away to pick one up for any

body)

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Frank - sort of like the photo-journalist's dilemma - do you stick your hand out to save a drowning person - or do you get a great shot of someone drowning?

 

David - I hear you - the atheist is reacting to opportunities - the liturgically aware is anticipating the moment and goes to the right spot at the right time to capture the essence of the action.

Holga CFN = $37.99

 

Book = $20.00

 

Film = $5.00

 

Batteries = $2.00

 

3M photo tape = $15.00

 

Total = $79.99

 

Seems a fair price to me.

Kelly, the Communion fast is only an hour. The way most weddings run it is close to an hour just from the opening until Communion time. So, unless you were eating while people were gathering in the church, you are probably safe.

Here is the current link for the capacitors. Still $4.75 for a pack of 10.

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<a href = "https://www.micro-tools.com/store/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=9531-1575-61" > https://www.micro-tools.com/store/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=9531-1575-61 </a> </p>

<p>Here are links to the most reliable repellents:

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<a href = "http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Ultrathon/Products/Home/Lotion/" > Ultrathon </a>

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<a href =

"http://www.sawyeronline.com/sawyer_products/pages/insect_repellent/family.htm" > Sawyer Controlled Release </a>

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They reduce the absorption of DEET into you body yet provide for an effective concentration for a longer period of time.

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<p><i>"The panchromatic pixels on the sensor can be used to capture a relatively high resolution monochromatic (black and white) image, while the lesser number of color pixels capture a lower-resolution color image."</i>

<p>Gee - sounds like good old analog Color TV. You have the same B and W signal that Black-and-White TV has and then layer a color "tint" over it.

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The Journal charges $50/year for subscriptions - so I wouldn't feel bad about getting paid. The original poster is already a paid professional employee of the church. As a matter of justice, churches should properly compensate their employees so they can take care of their families, pay for education, food, etc., etc.

 

I would rather be paid the going rate and then make a donation of money - it makes the IRS record keeping much simpler. And what I save in taxes leaves me with more to donate to the church.

<p>A sample is online

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<a href="http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/photo">

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/photo/ </a>

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To second what Jeroen says. I now have both "1000" and "Vn" versions. The "1000" is slightly larger across the narrow, vertical dimension. The "1000" will not fit in either an srT101 nor an X-570. I fits fine in a Maxxum. The "Vn" fits fine in the SRT and X-series. The "Vn" fits and functions in a Maxxum - but can slide around a little - not so much that it would fall out - but otherwise works.

 

To dan: a "diopter" is a small lens that fits in or over the eyepiece of the viewfinder. It comes in "plus" and "minus" diopter values that corresponds to the corrections on your eyeglasses. This way you don't need your glasses to focus. If you wear contacts then you don't need this.

 

If you have used binoculars you notice that the setting for one person may be out of focus for the next person. This is because your eye is part of the optical system - if you are near or far sighted you adjust the binoculars until the image is in focus.

 

But in an SLR your eye is not part of the optics - the lens system is designed to focus on the film and on the "ground glass" of the internal viewing screen. Since I normally need correction I can focus the image until it is the "least blurred" and I will be in focus - the focus point does not shift, as on the binoculars, just because my eyes are bad. I need correction to view the image on the viewing screen.

 

Many cameras have a diopter adjustment dial builtin to the viewfinder - so you don't need external lenses. On the Minolta the lenses snap into the inside edge of the viewfinder window. Many other brands will slide on to the outside of the viewfinder bezel (even the Minolta has grooves there).

 

Just to confuse things a little more: "Diopter" is also used to describe a close-up lens that screws on to the front of your camera lens (like a filter). It allows you to focus more closely on an object - it is a low-cost way to do macro photography kinds of things.

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There was one article that was a hoax. Then to make amends, Antony presented a followup article that shows a real adapter that mount Rokkor lenses on any Four/Thirds system body (notably the Olympus E series and Panasonic/Lumix/Leica )

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<a href = "http://www.rokkorfiles.com/olympus.htm" > http://www.rokkorfiles.com/olympus.htm </a>

 

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More information on the adapter at Steve Gandy's Cameraquest:

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<a href = "http://www.cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm"> http://www.cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm</a>

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The marketing window for such a device lasted maybe a couple of years and nobody made it to market quickly enough. Once real DSLRs came out it had no future. There was one company that had developed a sensor and electronics that looked like a film cassette with the sensor sticking out like an unrolled tab of film. But they ran out of venture capital before anything was shipped.

<p>"Of course it would make sense to get a dynamic version posted to the Web but I don't have a personal site. Any suggestions? "

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Google's new spreadsheet service allows you to publish a public copy:

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<a href="http://docs.google.com/">http://docs.google.com/</a>

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