New Cameras
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Like many computer geeks with a passion for photography (and a limited budget) I’ve been lusting for a DSLR camera. Don’t get me wrong, I really like my little Canon Powershot. I just want the ability to use multiple lenses again. Like I could when I was taking photography courses back in college and used my Pentax K1000 SE. That’s a 100% manual, 35mm, SLR. And that thing is rock solid. Heck, my high school art teacher recommended that camera because even a whole school of high school students taking photography classes wasn’t able to destroy them. And with only 1 item in the camera being battery powered (the light meter) you don’t have to worry about running out of juice when you’re taking a photo. Plus it’s total lack of auto-anything forces you to learn how a camera works, which should teach you to take better pictures. The thing is I’m getting older and cannot focus the all manual camera quick enough to get the shots I want. Not to mention, I’m cheap and would rather have digital snaps which I then choose which ones are worth printing out vs. shooting a roll and hoping I got something that the photolab won’t screw up in the processing.
Then today, I’m catching on my the news in my RSS reader when I come across this article from Engadget. Apparently, Pentax is coming out with a new line of DSLR cameras this summer. And the extra kicker is Each camera remains compatible with Pentax K-mount lenses
. How sweet is that? I mean I don’t have greatest of lenses for my old Pentax but I love my 17mm lens and to be able to slap that baby on a DSLR? Schweet. :D
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John j: James, Mark:
Many states' health department must approve new construction or expansion of hospitals and the purchase of exotic diagnostic equipment. In the new environment (if we ever get there) doctors will no longer use the equipment they have on site. I talked to my GP a couple of months ago and the only
Tim: I recieved the e-mail from my nephew today and also spent the time to read all the sections.
I wrote him an at length rebuttal to all the points they are trying to make. It would seem that you and I are exactly on the same page when it comes to interpreting the bill. The Judge,
Michael: find it here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.txt.pdf
E Mo: Mark, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but perhaps, in the magazine article you hot-linked, you over looked a couple of paragraph's below where your 2.3% stat was mentioed that the Dr's. disagreed, saying 5% for direct cost of insurance and 5% for for their over medicating, just to be safe. I wasn't trying to
james: Nice job on the debunking it makes sending rebuttal emails to the rest of my family much easier. Extra props for all the links to the bill itself. One bit of extra info though , if I am reading it correctly the prohibition on expansion of facilities is only on physician owned hospitals. I think
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May 24th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
I got my first digital camera (Casio z750, a really versatile compact digital) recently, and I love it.
I thought it was neat, though, that someone got creative — they made a lens adapter to add regular camera lenses to the digital Casio (see their demo and how-to at above link).
The parts for the adapter are cheap … except the lenses themselves. How much do those tend to cost?
May 24th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
The cost for lenses varies greatly depending on: the manufacturer, what camera it’s for, what the focal length is, manual vs. automatic, etc…
But to give you an idea, I bought my 17mm probably 8 years ago for $200. That was the used price and it’s some off brand rather than a company you would have heard of (e.g. it’s not a Canon/Nikon/whatever).