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Interesting new article here: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essay ... bers.shtml.

Andy

What about Microsoft's http://skydrive.live.com/? 25Gb and free.

Andy

Is it Christmas already? I thought it was next week ....

Anyway, have a good one!

Cheers,

Andy

I finally got my 16-80mm and it seems to be fine. No slops, twitches or clunks. Got it from Warehouse Express and they did their Price Beat Guarantee to bring the price down to £453.99 with free delivery.

Andy

David (K),

Do you think there might be a problem with micro adjust and Sigma lenses? Sony don't guarantee it for 3rd party lenses and Sigmas have often been the odd ones out in the past.

Andy

No .....

Do you want to start one?

Andy

There's a good Minolta history feature over 6 pages on the Sony UK site:
http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/chronicle/block/1

Didn't know about this until I saw it mentioned on Dyxum.

Andy

Thanks for that David. Hopefully QC is a bit better these days.

Andy

As I've decided not to go full frame in the near future I'm finally going to buy a 16-80mm. I seem to remember David posting something when he first got his about how to test for a good copy. David - please can you say it again?

Thanks,

Andy

David Kilpatrick wrote:The 70-400mm SSM is definitely compatible with the converters but only the 1.4X offers AF.

The manual states that both converters are MF only. The 1.4x will be at F8 at the long end and so shouldn't AF?

Andy

Thanks David. It is certainly well hidden ... :) I did poke around for a few minutes before I gave up! If your list grows you might want to look at one of the server based programs that automate the list and make it easy to send to all. I've used this one: http://www.siteinteractive.com/subscribe/ ,...

David,

This posting has been sent in advance by email to anyone who has signed up for our Alpha mailing list.

Where do you sign up for this?

Cheers,

Andy

Really good shots Ian, but you say they were taken at "The Great Central (Steam) Railway engine sheds at Peterborough". Not sure you mean Peterborough as the Great Central doesn't go there?

Andy

It should work fine with Vuescan - see http://www.hamrick.com/

Andy

Omicron Focuser?

http://www.observatory.org/micro2.htm

Andy