Wayne_b_young{at}hotmail.com said to Photo at 10-23-03  16:53
 Subject: Re: Photo processing
 
 >  I used a Nikor tank that held four 35 reels, two 120 reels at a time
 >  and often had the darkroom looking like a single woman's bathroom with
 >  film instead of stockings hanging all over.

 Wa> Well, Bob, the 'single' women I know today have 'delicate' settings on
 Wa> their  washing machines!  :)
 Wa> But the femininity of their rooms are gone without their stockings
 Wa> hanging  around!  :)

 Your right there Wayne, but I'm talking back in the days of wringer
 washing machines when I did wet film darkrooms.  
 
 >  Ektachrome, which I also bought in 100 foot rolls.  Thinking back to all
 >  that stuff makes me really love my digital and DV today. 

 Wa> True, but how many photos can you take at 5 to 7 megapixels per photo?
 Wa> :) By the way, have you investigated into the Sony new digital camera
 Wa> sporting  a super lens at 28-200mm at f2?

 I can get quite a few in flash cards, and transfer the flash cards to
 the laptop if need, but I'll be honest, I don't seem to want to shoot
 that much anymore.  On the new DV camera, if I were looking at Sony I
 would be interested in the Sony DP-150 right now.  It's a 3 1/3" CCD
 camcorder with very good specs, but doesn't do stills I believe.

 The Panasonic VX 100 is also a nice looking unit, and does 24 FPS for
 easy conversion to film.

 I'm sitting tight on all of it saving my pennies to spend later when
 the 1020 sized HGTV stuff comes around.  My rig is humping now to
 handle 740 x 480 and I know it's not enough horsepower for when the
 new stuff surfaces.  That means new computer, probably 64 bit by then,
 and new drives, probably 15000 rpm scuzzies to handle that much data,
 and new software to process the data stream, and of course a new
 camera. There is a very limited selection of hardware about right now.
 Some firms claim HD software, but not really.  Buy now and be obsolete
 in two years is how I see it.  So save your pennies unless you need it
 to make a living right now..  Lucky me isn't in that category. It's fun
 being able to just play without worrying about where the next meal is
 coming from.

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