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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers Rino.
The 2.8/24 and 1.8/85 are both in my 'must buy' list but I doubt I will find them easily or cheap!
Thanks for the tip about the 70-150 zoom, I have the 28-135 in mint condition, not tried it yet.
I wonder if the 70-150 is a Konica design or whether it is the same as the 70-150 that was sold by Nikon and a few others, I have heard similarly high praise for that 70-150 from several people. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:37 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I took the 3.5/28 out with me today and shot some HDR, I used a Cokin-A CPL in holder with square Cokin hood. I love the results this lens gives, so sharp, such nice colours, bokeh is nice too.
_________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 3754 Location: Argentina
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:55 am Post subject: |
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estudleon wrote:
Nice series.
Some of them are very good ones (Specially 2, 3 and 7).
The hexanon 28 is a very good lens, isn't it?
Because the lens is so good.......!!!!!!!!! (An old publicity of the Konica cams in the 70's)
Thanks for sharing.
Rino. _________________ Konica 2,8/100
CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:12 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Thankyou Rino, it was your information on the 7 element version that made me go out and buy this lens and I am very happy with it indeed, it is a wonderful lens and feels so well built, no plastic at all, just metal, this is what I like a lens to feel like. For the 28ukp O paid I feel I made a very wise investment in an optic that will serve me well for many years to come.
Interesting you like 2, 3 and 7, those hadn't caught my eye as the best of the set but I do like them. The only non-HDR image I kept was actually of 2, I think I like it more than the HDR version actually, less colourful but more contrasty.
I am finding the combo of NEX + Hexanon + HDR a dream. I shot a similar series a few days ago in the same woods with my Tokina 17mm and while the IQ of those is very good, these Hexanons shots are noticeably sharper.
If I had to be critical, the only weak spot in a sea of strong points is the single coating of this lens, which means it will flare somewhat, but I can live with that and flares can sometimes be useful artistically.
Tomorrow I am testing two more Hexanons - 3.2/135 and 4.5/300, I hope they are as good as this 3.5/28! _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Attila
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Wow! Great series! Congrats!!! _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Thankyou, NEX+Hexanon is such a dream combo, makes this work so much easier to get right. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Attila
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
Thankyou, NEX+Hexanon is such a dream combo, makes this work so much easier to get right. |
this is my opinion too I keep all of them what I have and sell other lenses. _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
NEX+Hexanons have improved my work a lot, I doubt I would do much better with Zeiss T* and a more expensive camera, I would of course, have a lot less money left if I had bought Zeiss... _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:38 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I went to the picturesque lake Wastwater today and used the 3.5/28 with Cokin CPL again, HDR again, all shot fully stopped down, I think the results were quite good, this is definitely a very good lens for this kind of work, and it is therefore invaluable to me because I mostly shoot HDR landscapes.
_________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 3754 Location: Argentina
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:49 am Post subject: |
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estudleon wrote:
Ohhhh......................I didn't see the series.
Great job, well done.
Thanks again.
Rino _________________ Konica 2,8/100
CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:06 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers Rino, I was lucky that it stopped raining for an hour so I managed to snap this series between the rainstorms. I find that when the weather is stormy like this, it often makes for dramatic landscapes as the skies look ominous and there are patches of light and dark on the land as the sun breaks through the clouds in places. I'm hoping we get some snow this year as I reckon it will make for some very pretty scenes, I will return to this lake again and hopefully capture it with snow on the mountains. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
A few more from the Wastwater series:
_________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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woodrim
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:21 am Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
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Wow, Ian, some nice shots here, especially this one. I like much better than that pigeon on a chimney Glad to see you getting out of the neighborhood. _________________ Regards,
Woodrim |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:20 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
That's possibly my favourite too, I have a wider panoramic version of that shot that is possibly better:
My work really has come on a lot since I discovered this site, I didn't venture far from home until I'd learnt what I was doing, now I've learnt to take a decent snap I'm taking advantage of all the beautiful landscapes in my neck of the woods. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Orio
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Prices of Konica lenses will surely rise now that there are digital cameras that can mount them.
With Canon EOS they don't reach infinity so I am cut off from them. _________________ Orio, Administrator
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:49 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Orio wrote: |
Prices of Konica lenses will surely rise now that there are digital cameras that can mount them.
With Canon EOS they don't reach infinity so I am cut off from them. |
Yes, they are rising fast, as are M39, Minolta MD and Canon FD, M4/3 and NEX users must be the reason. However, for the price, Hexanons are still total bargains, Zeiss quality for a fraction the cost, Rokkors are supposed to be excellent too, I just bought a 2/45 Rokkor for 11ukp as an alternative to the Hexanon 1.8/40 (which is now fetching 50-60ukp on ebay) as a pancake lens, I already have the Pentacon 2.4/50 pancake but it's not a great lens, people say the Rokkor 2/45 is superb.
With a brand new NEX-3 for 180ukp on ebay (and there are loads of them) it's worth getting one just to be able to use those lenses that won't work on EOS and the NEX produces wonderful images. It fits in a pocket too and with a small lens like a Hexanon 1.8/40 or Rokkor 2/45 it's not that big a combo. I like to use my Industar-61 when I want to travel light with just the NEX and a lens in my pocket. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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aspen
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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aspen wrote:
Fantastic shots, Ian...especially the last series. Thanks for sharing. _________________ Cameras; Sony Nex5n Lenses; Konica Hexanons; 21mm f2.8, 40mm f1,8, 50mm f1.4, 50mmf1.7,57mm f1.4, 100mm f2.8, 135mm f3.2, 200mm f4, MC Helios 77M-4 50mm f1.8, Jupiter 8 50 f2, Super Takumar 85mm f1.9, Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 (Macro), Steinheil Munchen Culminar 85mm f2.8, Steinheil Munchen Exagon 35mm f2.8, Jupiter 37A 135mm, Astra Berlin 135mm f3.5, Angenieux 180mm f4 , Tair 3-PhS 300mm f4.5 |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:39 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers, I tried my Canon FD 2.8/28 S.C. today and it's nowehre near as good as this Hexanon, it's a good lens, but this Hexanon is really special imho. When used with the NEX it's a dream combo so that has really helped improve my landscape shots. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Lightshow
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Lightshow wrote:
I've been picking up Hexanons when I see nice ones, so far I have
28/3.5, 52/1.8, 57/1.4, and 100/2.8
I intend to use them on NEX7 till something better comes along.
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:42 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Nice collection lightshow, when you get a NEX you will definitely enjoy them!
NEX-3 is a bargain now, 170-180ukp for brand new ones in ebay.
I wanted to visit Seathwaite Tarn today to capture the sunset over the water, sadly I didn't make it that far due to timing and had to shoot from the foot of Walna Scarr a kilometre or so below the tarn but it's quite pretty there and I managed to capture some quite atmospheric sunset shots, the warmth and low angle of the light worked quite well methinks. I used a Cokin A 160 CPL on the lens for these shots apart from the waterfall which I used a cheap chinese ND8 filter to blur the water with longer exposures.
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:42 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
BTW, can anyone tell which shots from that series are HDR and which aren't? _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Lloydy
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
Has the stitching caused the stuttering clouds Ian ? In the pictures with clouds there seems to be areas where the pattern is repeated, but the ground is perfect. Which would be a shame as they are excellent, and where you have used HDR it's subtle enough to be unnoticed.
I've just looked at them magnified, and I think it's the HDR that's causing it, the low cloud is moving very fast and the three exposures are picking it up at slightly different points. The high cloud is unaffected. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:57 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Absolutely correct, the clouds were moving hence the stuttering effect, shame really, it spoils things a bit.
Because it was tricky light due to near sunset, HDR was the only way for most of the shots. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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poilu
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:32 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
BTW, can anyone tell which shots from that series are HDR and which aren't? |
they are all hdr except #2#3 _________________ T* |
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Orio
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Lloydy wrote: |
I've just looked at them magnified, and I think it's the HDR that's causing it, the low cloud is moving very fast and the three exposures are picking it up at slightly different points. The high cloud is unaffected. |
This is one of the reasons (aside from having local control) why I prefer to manually blend layers in photoshop instead of having a machine do the mixing for me. _________________ Orio, Administrator
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