Michael Cash wrote:
> After having taken several thousand pictures a year for many years, I
> went the entire year of 2006 without taking more than about a couple
> dozen shots. Partly because of a mundane reason....the 256mb smart
> media card I had for my camera went kablooie! and I was left with
> nothing but the 16mb card it shipped with. I had to reduce image size
> and jpg quality in order to make shift with it. The irritation of the
> storage limitation plus burnout and dissatisfaction with what had
> become an out-of-date camera conspired to make it not worth the
> effort.
>
> Anyway....a couple of days ago Mrs. Cash's other son Michael went and
> got himself a new camera. Got a nice new Pentax K100D, and so far am
> well pleased with it. It has a "Shake Reduction" feature, which ought
> to free me up to drink more, I suppose.
>
> I haven't really made any great shots with it yet, other than of my
> kiddies, but I thought I'd share a couple that show how well the Shake
> Reduction feature works:
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/351462358_5a12d51e43_o.jpg
>
> 35mm focal length equivalent of 330mm
> Shutter speed of 1/30
> no flash
> distance 15-20m
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/351525272_26c32dd5a7_o.jpg
>
> 35mm equivalent of about 450mm
> Shutter speed of ***1/4***
> no flash
> distance ~30m
>
> Both taken, as usual, from a truck with the engine rumbling.

Congrats on getting a nice new camera; image stabilization is great,
ain't it? Used to enjoy your randid Tokyo shots, hope you'll have time
to post a few more now that you've got your new toy.

Dan

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