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Here in Louisville we are starting the Kentucky Derby party.
Saturday afternoon is an airshow. Sat. night the largest fireworks display in North America.

I hope to get some decent shots. I will have a 16th Floor balcony to shoot from.

When shooting fireworks using a tripod; should image stabilization be turned off?

The B+W Kaesmann is only about $30.00 more than the Hoya pro. 58mm

I hadn't noticed that it had brass rings instead of aluminum. That is enough to make me switch to the B+W.

I received my JJC wireless remote today.

It seems to work just fine.

I bought it on ebay from a company in Miami. It was $24.99 with free shipping.

I am looking for a Circular Polarizing Filter.

I am seeing coated and non-coated.

What is the advantage/disadvantages of either.

I see that Hoya filters are about in the middle of the prize range. Are they of acceptable quality?

"In January 1971, Kennedy began a decade as chairman of the Health subcommittee of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, and introduced a reconciled bipartisan Kennedy-Griffiths bill proposing universal national health insurance.[22] In February 1971, President Richard Nixon proposed more limited health insurance reform"
The AMA and Insurance companies lobbied against it and it went nowhere in Congress

"Kenya, formally the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, was part of the British Empire in the territory of present-day Kenya. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920. Technically, "Colony of Kenya" referred to the interior lands."

:thumbup:

Does anyone remember which liberal president said this?

"Early last year, I directed the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prepare a new and improved plan for comprehensive health insurance. That plan, as I indicated in my State of the Union message, has been developed and I am presenting it to the Congress today. I urge its enactment as soon as possible.

The plan is organized around seven principles:

First, it offers every American an opportunity to obtain a balanced, comprehensive range of health insurance benefits;

Second, it will cost no American more than he can afford to pay;
Third, it builds on the strength and diversity of our existing public and private systems of health financing and harmonizes them into an overall system;

Fourth, it uses public funds only where needed and requires no new Federal taxes;

Fifth, it would maintain freedom of choice by patients and ensure that doctors work for their patient, not for the Federal Government.

Sixth, it encourages more effective use of our health care resources;

And finally, it is organized so that all parties would have a direct stake in making the system work--consumer, provider, insurer, State governments and the Federal Government."

There are many Minolta lenses that will fit Sony DSLRs.
You might want to read the article here;
http://photo.net/equipment/sony/

The majority of people here seem to be loyal to either Nikon or Canon.

There are other camera manufacturers that make quality cameras.

You don't state what lenses you have for the camera.

The Canon 40D is a solid camera with 10mp resolution. . It will be fine for any pictures you take. The camera is only a part of the photo taking process.

Many fine photos have been taken with digital cameras that don't have the capabilities of the canon 40D

Marilyn Monroe sitting in chair; nude/lingerie , sideways, head and legs resting on opposite arms of chair. That's not boring.

Of course she was a little larger than the taste in models today.

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The missing manual. About $30.00 on amazon

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