http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/ Peter Blaise Photography Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:45:42 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1032 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1032 Wow, Peter, Thanks for the stimulating thoughts.  Cool discussion, I'll keep at it. I note that I am not a back-pack photographer.  I am a fanny-pack Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:45:48 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1031 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1031 Hi again Peter, Of course that's your mum's photo -- I can read, my bad!  Sorry! Digital wise, I burned through two DiMage 7 cameras before settling on the Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:31:02 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1030 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1030 http://www.bebo.com/c/photos/album_detail?MemberId=10145125150&PhotoAlbumId=11861153112 Spinrite working hard to recover corrupt hard drive data. Peter Blaise Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:45:18 GMT peterblaise@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1029 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1029 Click on the link to go to the gallery http://www.peterblaise.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=peterblaise&gallery_id=1776702 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:35:46 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1028 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1028 Hi Gordon, Speed of sequential shots on an A1 to slow for you?  Try a Lexar WA card AND format ANY 2gb or smaller CF card as FAT12/16!  While at the Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:36:35 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1027 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1027 I thought I'd share a nice sky this morning.  Enjoy! Chat later, Love and hugs, Peter Blaise Monahon - peterblaise@... - 703-845-1556 - Independent PC Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:35:19 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1026 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1026  Tuesday, July 28, 2009  05:34:48 AM Hi Hugh, Thank you for creating and sharing that wonderful photo -- an example of the enlightenment you bring to all Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:11:38 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1025 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1025 Good points, Peter Serbe. However, ANY eBay offering is suspicious, and we cannot "protect" anyone from another. I looked at the lens mount and it looked Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:04:23 GMT Peter Serbe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1024 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1024 We have a discussion on the Flickr group "Minolta Manual Focus", which might be worthwhile reading. If this person had selected some appropriate comments on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:30:26 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1023 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1023 Hi Ralph, I tend to think two ways on this. 1 - it's Rokkor, as you say. 2 - it's eBay spam. How about a compromise - in deference to (1), let this ONE Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:42:39 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1022 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1022 Ooops - sent this to the wrong email -- now trying Joan.Robins@... From Peter Blaise to Joan Robbins 2009-05-28 Re: Gert's Memorial pictures on Flickr Thu, 28 May 2009 14:26:20 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1021 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1021 Hi Joan and Kathy, Again, so sorry for your loss -- I enjoyed Gert and know Liz misses her, too. I have a Flickr stream where I upload all my photos from each Mon, 11 May 2009 18:59:54 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1020 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1020 FYI - keh.com "trunk" show in Tysons's Corners Sunday, May 17th, 2009 10am - 3pm -- Peter Blaise http://www.peterblaisephotography.com/ ... From: KEH.com Sun, 10 May 2009 10:44:32 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1019 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1019 Hi Shutterbug, by old friend, I volunteer to clean the spam from your blogs -- see http://blog.shutterbug.com/jonsienkiewicz/a_collection_of_middles/ for an Fri, 08 May 2009 18:40:33 GMT Peter Blaise Monahon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1018 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterblaisephotography/message/1018 Hi Michele, How much is a 1977 Minolta XG-7 worth?  Short answer -- no idea.  It's worth what anyone wants to pay for it, and usually depends on what lenses