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<p>No, it was a rather large man for a Japanese and he jumped on me from behind three times before he was persuaded to take a hike.<br> Conni</p>

<p>Thank you for the link. </p> <p>I first learned of Maier in an interview with Maloof on <em>Chicago Tonight</em> with Phil Ponce. I was caught. Two weeks ago, I got two of the books from Amazon. The images are well-done in print. If you see the books, you will see that Maloof is also an interesting personality. For instance, he insisted that in places, he required on inserting a blank page, sometimes more than one. This is not to protect the images but his idea (I guess) of need of a vacuum or possibly an abyss between her works.</p> <p>I will wait a while and look at them again. There is much to take in and digest. I didn't live in Chicago at that time (duh) but my former landlord grew up in it and he told stories and showed me pictures that belonged to his grandfather. I repaired some of them in PS for him so his children could have copies.</p> <p>Maier gives you a good peek in at the near/close past.<br> Conni</p>

<p>You are wonderful Roy! You say much of what I think and feel. I appreciate your in-depth, crossover back ground as well.<br> I can and have taken very fast photos on the fly and was exhilarated by it but I much prefer going for a careful precision, getting it just right in the camera, sweeping the frame before I press the shutter. I don't want to 'fix' it later beyond sharpening a bit. And converting it to B&W if I didn't originally take it that way. It fits the subjects I prefer. I like to do close careful work when I can. I don't care at all about video. Another thing I need to think about, at least for a while, is weight. I can't carry the equivalent of my F5, F6 or my hefty dSLRs all day. I want to get back there but now, the Df would also solve that problem. I have a strap on my FM3a but I can't find a brand on it. I had the same strap on the FM3a I just discovered was stolen. After my visitors leave, I will take it off to see if I can find it that way. It might solve your strap problem.</p> <p>Nikon knows that Roy and I are out there as are many others. The Japanese are holding tight to their money right now because of the new sales tax so that might account for some slow sales.. It is hurting most businesses. And they still have that horror of the tsunami. They aren't buying extraneous items right now and that isn't helping Nikon (or any camera company).</p> <p>If you will just provide me with coordinates to your house and leave the Df where I can pick it up without doing any damage to your doors or windows, I'll be past to pick it up. Your description of the controls sounds so suitable for me now I really want one.</p> <p>An interesting thing I see in Asakusa and Shinobazu is younger people with film cameras. I've seen them other places but I live near there when I'm in Tokyo so that's my main observation point.</p> <p>Conni</p>