Oleg Volk

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US prospects now similar to Argentina's in 1940?

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This was taken by the light of a television.

Aperture Value	f/1.4	Focal Length	50 mm
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Locked breech 380ACP with 12-round magazine and very light double-action trigger looks useful. Does anyone have first-hand experience with this particular model?

An odd detail from that movie just came up. In the beginning (1938), Czechoslovak pilots are going to Poland because "Poles will need pilots soon". Wasn't Poland one of the countries that invaded and dismembered Czechoslovakia? And if so, why would these pilots view Poland as any kind of ally or co-belligerent against Germany?

"Concentration"
Joe's daughter Rebecca, 12.

1. Battery life -- superb. I ran the entire weekend on two batteries in the add-on grip and they were still at 35% charge at the end.
2. Live View -- surprisingly useful in low light for manual focusing.
3. AF in low light -- FAIL! The camera can produce a very good image under conditions in which AF cannot lock on. Since the body has no built-in illuminator and the flash cannot be set to project focus assist light only, I don't see how 5D2 can be used for available light photography. The omission of the on-camera light is a serious flaw, in my view.
4. Viewfinder is a little odd (I can see the oval produced by the difference in the mirror reflectivity in different parts) but sharper and more clear than 5D. Useful for verifying manual focus, esp. with long lenses. I will probably keep the default finder screen.
5. AE, esp. when combined with highlight priority mode, is very accurate and consistent. Much better than 5D and immeasurably better than 10D. I ran the camera in aperture-priority most of the time and liked the results.
6. Image quality and colors are much better than 5D.
7. LCD is MUCH better than 5D.
8. The different placement of controls is causing some problems, as I keep hitting the wrong buttons. The DOF preview button is still exposed and still gets in the way when in studio because is try to fire the flash continuously.
9. Different order of menu items or direction of change from 5D is also a bit of a pain.

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Silicone cloth helped.

I just did a test session with Neda. She is a daughter of a close friend. I photographed her on and off since she was 10. She has recently decided to try serious modeling.

  

Neda is pretty good about acting to the camera. She is easy to work with and photographs well.



She is athletic and fairly self-directed in posing.



She would be interested in fashion, editorial or portrait work. Since she is 15, she would be accompanied to shoots by an adult. At this beginning stage of her career, she would work for the experience and a few edited photos from the session. I intend to hire her for editorial work as appropriate projects come is as she's local to me and a good model.

If you would like to book a shoot, let me know and I will forward the information to her.

Ugh...too much dust, lint and unidentified junk on the gun.

You wish to take our guns
Very well, you may wish away
But would you really dare
To do the taking yourself?

Whom would you send in your place
To do the perilous deed
Some cop who has wife and kids
Or soldiers with tanks in the lead?

Would you slaughter your countrymen
To fight the menace of guns
That stand inertly in safes
Threatening no one

Would you risk your life for the cause
Or put other people at risk
You, the noble crusader
For safety, quiet and peace

Randy Rayburn, the owner of  The Cabana, Midtown Cafe and Sunset Grill, filed a lawsuit to keep Tennesseans from being able to defend themselves in restaurants. If you recall, the entire movement to legalize carry for self-defense began precisely because people were murdered at a restaurant by a psychopath.

I suggest boycotting restaurants owned by Rayburn. Putting up "no carry" signs in his own establishments would have been understandable, if misguided. Trying to force the same on other is evil. After all, criminals don't respect such laws anyway.