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I still have my ZR850, and it still takes nice photos. I leave in at our place on Van Isle, where it gets use in the summers because of its long zoom. Had the V8 (as you know) and it was great. In...

Every time I put up a bird feeder at our place on Van Isle, a bear comes and knocks it down!

I had the original SONY RX100, but it 'walked away' at college one day and never returned. I use a Fuji XQ2 as a much cheaper replacement. Keep shooting and posting,

Hey Tom, Glad to hear both you and your 'classic' cameras are doing fine! Sure hope it stays that way!

Guy, Hey, how are you (and Lynn) doing? I was back in Japan for Feb, but only brought my Pentax Q7 with the prime (Ako brought the Q with the short zoom), because of weight,¥ and bulk concerns. She ...

I shot with my J5 and 18.5 today in beautiful Navarra (Spain). It was a sunny day, and I couldn't be happier with the shots. Sure in these conditions almost any recent camera would do fine, but to ...

No Sir, you are right. I have never even seen one (or a fully rigged out V3). But I did look a the spec sheets. V1. 113 x 76 x 44 mm, 383 grams V2. 109 x 82 x 46 mm, 272 grams Z50. 127 x 94 x 60 ...

stevo23
>>Yes, I have spent a great deal of my career in various parts of Canada because I worked for a Canadian company. But I didn't really care what color they were. But apparently you do?...

landscaper1
So what am I supposed to do? What are you suggesting? That I stay in the apartment and starve?

Stevo, are you in Canada? And have you ever lived in a non Anglo-Saxon country, just to check your personal experience in authoritarian-non authoritarian countries.

STEVO, actually, it was a nice post and pretty humorous. grin. We are not talking about the same thing of course. What I am talking about is both historical (power of the govt. versus power of the...

Ah yes, but who decides? The governments, mostly of them run by big business and corporations, the trumps of the world, Big Pharma, etc. And yes, the well off, who as always want to decide for...

Good on ya!

Glad you like the Z50, but it is waaay bigger ad heavier, even without a lens, than the V1 or any of the N 1 series.

Ricoh R4. Small, light, discrete, long zoom (for its time). My wife was a pro photographer in Japan in the 70's, so I missed all that film and pro camera stuff. I still shoot every single day, but...

stevo23. The Canadian govt. is authoritarian, has been since colonial days. The Canadian people themselves are not authoritarian, they are often very democratic. Canadian society is however often...

And yes, and this is the point, I take occasional shots of the empty streets while coming and going. Is it wrong to document life here? I see many people talking on their cell phones, they could...

landscaper1, thanks. And thanks to all who read and replied, regardless of whatever stance you may take. I came back to Northern Spain on March 1, after a month in Japan, with basically nothing in...

Actually, I go out 3-4 times a week, go straight to the grocery store, put on gloves, fill my (camera) bag, and again go straight back home. The bread shop is 1.5 blocks away, the grocery store 3....

Very Canadian, very authoritarian, very ' do whatever we say, we know more than you' cultural imperialism. When I go to the store to get supplies, 3-4 times a week, the only time I am permitted to...