[John Pavoncello]

Using MAC or PC? if MAC, use the iMovie program to put it together and iDVD to burn. If you’re using PC, there are a few available, just do a Google search.
John

[John Pavoncello]

Zach,

One point about JPEG that you missed and is important, more so than the compression issue.
When a JPEG image is created the processor will look for similar pixels that boarder each other, then, only save one of the pixels in that given area. A good example is if you are photographing a black dog on white snow. The processor will save one pixel that represents all the snow in the same level and one pixel for all the black in the dog in the same level.

[John Pavoncello]

“Working Media,” I’ve always liked that line.

Zach, I wouldn’t attempt any home repair on the lens. There are lots of little bearings and springs that just “POP” out when doing that kind of thing. And, as eye2fish said, that lens is rather “cheap.” And, if you open up the lens yourself, you void the warranty.

[John Pavoncello]

Zach,

You could get a NPS membership. Just have to submit proof that you are a published photographer and have a current NPS member sponsor you. I’d be happy to be your sponsor, except I let my NPS membership lapse since all my repairs go through the newspaper I work for.

Check out the Nikon web site for professional services and contact them, they’ll help you out.

John

BTW it sounds like one of the internal screws is loose on your lens, that is normally the cause of the zoom locking like that if it hasn’t been dropped or damaged

[John Pavoncello]

Man, I feel like a lackey with some of the rods listed already.

Local waters and mountain streams:

[John Pavoncello]

I’ve had my Mountainsmith for years (got the idea off of Sportsshooter, been a member for years) and it’s good for covering football and such, but not really for streamside work. I’ve actually stopped using the MS pack two years ago when the newspaper bought me a ThiinkTank waist bag.
For anyone looking for bags to transport your gear between shoots, waist bags (fanny packs) or a modular belt system, take a look at ThinkTank.com.

[John Pavoncello]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

(photo shot on Christmas Day, 2005)

[John Pavoncello]

Zach,

if you don’t need a waterproof insert, look at the soft inserts from Domke.

[John Pavoncello]

Moosedog,
I tried the training collar thing, my Lab chewed it up when I had it off of him one day. Maybe he’s not so dumb? $200 collar gone. How he got it off the bookshelf I’ll never know unless he talked the cats into helping him out.
Honestly, there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. The first six months I had him, I worked with him every day and he listened well. Then the schedule got crazy and he’s now 4 years old and has developed a couple of bad habits, because of my inability to work him. So, he’s a family dog, not a duck hunter as I hoped but that’s ok too.
Next one will be a Ches. Bay retriever and that one will be going for professional training!
John

[John Pavoncello]

Hugh and Moosedog,
You guys are lucky. I have a lab that looks just like Boomer but is as dumb as a brick. Can’t hunt him because he’s a runner and nothing I’ve tried will break him of it.
I’ll have to get a nice shot of him and post it.

[John Pavoncello]

Hugh, is that little Boomer?

[John Pavoncello]

I’ve used a regular old glass fish tank with good results for under water and split surface photos. It’s a trick to use in moving water, you need an extra set of hands to hold the tank down and you can’t see through the viewfinder unless you have a right angle attachment. But it does work well in a pinch.
Ewa-Marine makes soft underwater cases for cameras that are good down to about 30 feet and are between $200-300, alot less then the hard cases that are well over a grand
John

[John Pavoncello]

LostMyWife

Sony has indeed purchased the rights to Minolta’s camera line and is making a digital body that will handle the Minolta glass. I saw the camera at the PhotoPro Expo in NYC and it looks pretty nice. In fact, I have a multi-page Sony brochure on my fly tying desk, if you want it, email or pm me with your address and I’ll send it to you.

John

[John Pavoncello]

Hey Troop,

If you’re with the PA Fly Fish group, I’ll be joining you in the Smoky’s. There really isn’t a bad piece of water in the park, depending on what you want to fish for.

[John Pavoncello]

dmk37363,

Let me know how the prints turn out if you try that lab. I’m always on the lookout for a good lab.

[John Pavoncello]

dmk37363,

Let me know how the prints turn out if you try that lab. I’m always on the lookout for a good lab.

[John Pavoncello]

I shoot anywhere from 200-1000 images daily, try getting through that in a timely manor.

[John Pavoncello]

I just finished a book by Leonard M. Wright, Jr. titled “Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect” which I purchased at a local used book store along with “Quill Gordon” and “The Way of the Trout.”
The dry fly book (1972) is extremely well written and details a very unique fishing technique which I am going to attempt in the spring.
I enjoy all of Gierach’s books and liked Raines first book but I really like reading the classics. Trout Madness by Voelker is one of the best books I’ve ever read and Ernest Schwiebert’s A River for Christmas comes in at a close second.

[John Pavoncello]

There is nothing undignified by refinishing and fishing old bamboo. My fishing partner, an old trout bum who has a custom Walt Carpenter cane rod, calls them “educated” rods and just loves my early 1930’s Heddon.
I, personally, am in love with old Heddon cane and my “cheapo” #10 9-6wt is one of the nicest casting rods I’ve ever laid hands on. I paid $100 (much more than it was worth in the condition it was in), bought $40 worth of supplies and spent about 40 hours over a couple of months to strip, refinish and put new guides on the rod.

[John Pavoncello]

moosedog,

The Canon XTi has a lot of good things going for it, aside from the 10mp image size. It’s light weight and relatively inexpensive compared to the Pro-sumer cameras like the 30D and the D200.

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