…glorious weather for it. They’re off doing brother-sister things, and trying to figure what to do about some of the family tapes in the aforementioned near-disaster.
Meanwhile Jane has given me the new little camera and I’m very happy with it. My closeup vision is so rotten I have to do things by feel (or put the hated glasses on, which, in photography, is not always a good thing—it’s a long story, but due to a torque in my astigmatism, they’d have to go into the 6th dimension to grind lenses for what my eyes do, so no bifocals for me: each separate distance has to have a different pair of glasses—hence doing things by feel. I can see the buttons. I can’t read them. I can’t even see the image in the viewfinder. Quel pain, eh?) Anyway, I can ‘feel’ the buttons on this little camera, and it’s got a good auto-function (Sony Cybershot 14.1). And that means I can take pix again. Anybody wanna buy a nice old fashioned Canon Eos digital body? Weighs a ton, hard to carry, and impossible for me to use as my vision has gotten worse. So I am very happy with this little thing.
Here is all you never wanted to know about pesticides.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CBgQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uwyo.edu%2Fplants%2Fwyopest%2Ftrainingmanuals%2Fcore.pdf&ei=OKhlTMLiPI2jnQfPjcXXDA&usg=AFQjCNEA4J_NJN2-oVNUojUuB9vTMmbY2g
The most useful part is probably the section of how to read the labels.
Thank you, Xenophon—useful to many of us, I’m sure!
@Xenophon, thanks for the info. I had a hard copy of this back when I was involved in fairly large scale chrysanthemum growing. I was not licensed but the partner who was insisted that we all know what, when why, how. Who knew that label reading could be so arcane?
Funny, I was talking about this at the beginning of summer and wondering how to get a copy. It still takes me some time to remember the internet! 😉 😉 😉
You’re welcome. Better late than never… Just type in pesticide general standards (your State) pdf and an appropriate manual should come up. Unfortunately, the one I use was not in there, they want you to pay for it. It has example labels with arrows naming the info and more concise info.
getting older, which is a wonderful thing, is all about adapting to the realities of body and mind
I have a new canon power shot, which has a huge screen, and I can actually read what it says without my reading glasses! so I don’t get mixed up between macro and auto intelligent like I did on the Lumix (which needs retiring as it has multiple grey blobs appearing, especially in pics with big skies ….)
I also have the EOS, but I use it for work, and that means controlled indoor/outdoor shots of pots and cardigans. I don’t have a problem with the viewfinder – it gives me a view through the lens with my normal eyesight, and focuses automatically – so I am puzzled as to why that would be a problem for you … I love it to bits, but wouldn’t take it out for snapping on a walk ..
I could be interested in the EOS body, although it would depend on which model, and cost (of course…).
I’ll try to post that info. It’s a great digital SLR camera, though about 2004 vintage. Can’t get at the thing this morning, as it’s sitting in the guest room, but soon.
I have a lovely Canon SX10 IS and I’m trying to move up to a DSLR, but alas, things have not gone all that well in that direction. Also, since Russ is still working on the East Coast (we’re nearly to the end of the third year now), I just don’t get out all that often to take pictures. Still having fun with it all, though! I even finally broke down and joined Flikr!
Yep: what I’ve got is an older Eos Digital SLR, Canon D60. Amazon is selling used ones for 200. I’d go 175 on this one; looks like this:
http://www.epinions.com/content_11625991812/tk_~CB003.1.58
If somebody wants it with the 28-135 zoom lens (I dropped it once, but have detected no problem with it: currently selling on Amazon at 409.00…plus, once I find it, the piggyback battery pack that adds weight, but still, it’ll go like the Energizer bunny. Case and strap. The whole shebang, body, lens, battery pack, case and strap for 275. If weight isn’t an issue, it takes really nice pix. It is a 3 megapixel. Last I used it, the batteries worked.