From swest@as.arizona.edu Thu Jun 22 15:07:14 2006 Return-Path: Received: from nsa.as.arizona.edu (nsa.as.arizona.edu [128.196.210.37]) by afone.as.arizona.edu (8.11.7p2+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5MM7EH16213 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:07:14 -0700 (MST) Received: from wormwood.son.as.arizona.edu (wormwood.as.arizona.edu [128.196.13.130]) by nsa.as.arizona.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5MM7779024783 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:07:07 -0700 Received: from Wellington (wellington.son.as.arizona.edu [10.44.0.47]) by wormwood.son.as.arizona.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5MM6oMG004280 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:06:50 -0700 Message-ID: <028301c69648$34e5e090$2f002c0a@Wellington> From: "Steve West" To: "Cary Kittrell" Subject: i finally went and did it Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:07:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_027B_01C6960D.85803130" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-so-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-so-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-so-MailScanner-SpamCheck: so3: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-0.845, required 7.6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, AWL -0.41, CN_BODY_MARKS_1 1.00) X-so-MailScanner-From: swest@as.arizona.edu Content-Length: 1252 Status: RO This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------=_NextPart_000_027B_01C6960D.85803130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I bought a DSLR. Just to show you how cheap I am, I waited until not only = the company got bought out by another, the unit was put out of production, = and then walmart bought out the last units and sold them on the cheap! It'= s a Konica Minolta 7d (which is my favorite DSLR anyway).=20=20 Here's your drool point: Over the weekend, I found on ebay a 500mm catadio= ptric autofocussing lens for it! Since the 500mm is full 35mm frame, this = lens gives an equivalent 750mm focal length on this camera. And since this= camera has anti-shake built into the CCD, this lens is image stabilized to= boot!!! I took a few shots of various power transformers last night, and the lens i= s tack sharp! It is amazing how much easier (and noisier) it is to photograph things with= a DSLR. The camera is blindingly fast with 3 frames/sec and virtually ins= tantaneous autofocus. My big problem has been getting close enough -- now I have to get farther a= way! Cardinals beware. Steve= ------=_NextPart_000_027B_01C6960D.85803130-- From cary Thu Jun 22 15:28:40 2006 Return-Path: Received: (from cary@localhost) by afone.as.arizona.edu (8.11.7p2+Sun/8.11.6) id k5MMSd317138; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:28:39 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:28:39 -0700 (MST) From: Cary Kittrell Message-Id: <200606222228.k5MMSd317138@afone.as.arizona.edu> To: swest@as.arizona.edu Subject: Re: i finally went and did it Content-Length: 79 I am like, soooo jealous. What was your total cost, in gigabucks? -- cary