From: Savageduck on
On 2010-08-10 08:06:38 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said:

> "Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uen066pfbqnf1r7h85m1ss5dqiaknkq6c9(a)4ax.com...
>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>> drugs began to take hold. I remember M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> saying
>> something like:
>>
>>> From about 300 ft @ 1500mm:
>>>
>>> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_24255w.jpg
>>
>> According to the exif, it was 1000mm.
>
>
> Read further down. It shows 35mm equivalent 1500mm.
> I am more interested in 24bit color depth

RGB 8bit, 3 x 8 = 24

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Savageduck

From: Peter on
"Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message
news:2010081008191343042-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom...
> On 2010-08-10 08:06:38 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said:
>
>> "Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uen066pfbqnf1r7h85m1ss5dqiaknkq6c9(a)4ax.com...
>>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>>> drugs began to take hold. I remember M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> saying
>>> something like:
>>>
>>>> From about 300 ft @ 1500mm:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_24255w.jpg
>>>
>>> According to the exif, it was 1000mm.
>>
>>
>> Read further down. It shows 35mm equivalent 1500mm.
>> I am more interested in 24bit color depth
>
> RGB 8bit, 3 x 8 = 24
>


My forehead just got flatter.

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Peter

From: M-M on
In article <4c6168e2$0$5495$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>,
"Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote:

> "M-M" <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote in message
> news:nospam.m-m-197581.18575308082010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com...
> > From about 300 ft @ 1500mm:
> >
> > http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_24255w.jpg
> >
>
>
> Nice capture! Who is she running from.


She(?) was chasing a fish. It was neat to watch the catch. One leg would
wiggle to lure the fish right to the waiting beak.

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