they looked the same to me.

blasting seems like a more humane treatment, why isn't it more common?

desperate measures for desperate times.

but we do occasionally curl up in a corner and whimper.
Was all proud of myself when i passed this 7mm kidney stone but was not prepared
for this 14x13x11mm monster that followed it.
After 5 weeks it had almost worked its way out but the urologist shoved it back in and
said he would deal with it when he got back from vacation.
My poor old body had its own ideas though and in 3 more weeks it had finally
worked its way down to where i could get my long nose pliers on it.
That sucker ran through me 3 times in 8 weeks but i'm finally whizzing like a man again.

Modern health care sucks

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i would like to learn more about how closing a lens down introduces distortion.

nice

if i have my way i'll stay ahead of you for a while longer

iccash, dck22 and Swamp-Cork, thanks and here's to another year for all of us

Thank you Bob and thanks to you jerryc41 for for the interesting links.

too all my friends here on the forum, thank you for helping keep the past year full of images and thoughts.
Though i don't shoot snot nosed rug rats or birds in flight, i'm beginning to understand why others do.
And i thank you for sharing the pleasures you take in sharing your images and thoughts.
From Graham's still lifes to Annie's abstracts to the skills of my fellow macro nuts;
i've found my life fuller for your contributions and look forward to another year.......

7100's are built like the proverbial outhouse; i abused mine with 7 pound telephoto lenses
for 2 years and over 50,000 images before finally selling it in showroom condition.

for cutting leather thongs?

When we were kids; if you knew the latest Giants score, the winner of friday nights bout
and the results of the latet indy race, you knew every thing worth knowing.

as speters said, its a bit short and mine works best around f5.6-->f8

eliminating the police does not solve the problem; you need to eliminate the clowns