Dag! ROTFLAO!!! Jostein
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dag T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Cameras in the Snow-was: Digital good > The camera would probably take it anyway. > > Some years ago we made a small ski jump in a slope, and as grown up > kids we started making more or less stupid tricks, so my contribution > was to take a photo of the ski jump from the jumpers point of view. I > made two mistakes, the first was deciding on a 24mm, the second was > looking through the finder on my way down. I was, of course, fooled by > the wide angle and thought the ski jump was further away than it was, > so when I was unprepared when I reached the jump. > > The result was a very funny photo taken by one of the others as I came > through the air, camera first, then arms, head, etc. I remember > hearing someone saying "Oh my ..." when I was in the air. > > Luckily the slope below the jump was soft and powdery snow. The > camera, a SuperA, was drowned in a lot of snow and survived, so did I. > Also, I got a diploma for the best fall (but not the best picture) :-) > > DagT > > > P� 20. jan. 2004 kl. 23.29 skrev frank theriault: > > > This weekend, I went toboganning with my youngest daughter. Brought > > along the LX with Viv S1 24-48. We had a blast - the temp warmed up > > (!) to around -8C, and there was plenty of snow and sun. > > > > We were taking turns going down, and Claire had the camera around her > > neck when it way my turn. Just for fun, one time we went down > > together. I knew I was going to fall off the back of the toboggan > > (nothing to hold onto back there), and I was ready to make sure that I > > held the camera up in the air, no matter what my body did on the snow > > underneath. I hoped to snap off a few before my expected demise. So, > > I strapped the camera to my right wrist (my favourite way to hold the > > camera whilst out walking), and down we went. > > > > Got off one shot, and promptly hit the snow. Kept the camera as high > > in the air as a could while I tumbled, and was quite successful in > > doing so. The camera got covered with snow, but never hit the ground! > > I, on the other hand, took the brunt of the punishment (better me > > than the camera!) Took off the filter (which was covered with snow, > > too), and I was all set to go! LX worked just fine after that. > > > > I think everyone there thought I was nuts. I couldn't disagree with > > that assessment. Hope the shot turned out (I was shooting about 2 > > stops wider than the meter told me to, due to the white snow in the > > background). > > > > Your comment on the safety of shooting out windows in snow storms with > > AF reminded me of that, Cory. > > > > Sorry for your loss. Sounds like everyone appreciated your digital, > > though. > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > > > > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> Cory > >> Thinks it's much safer to snap photos of the snowfall out the > >> windshield of > >> the car one's driving at ~65 Mph when one's using an AF camera. > >> > >> > >> > >> --- > >> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >> Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 1/19/2004 > >> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en- > > ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgma > > rket%3den-ca > > > >
