Hmmm... guess my education woulda had me reckoning that it was possessed by
the cents themselves, so shoulda been cent's.
Larry
Chris Barker wrote:
> I'm impressed beyond belief Walt; that was without a doubt a wonderful
> and perceptive use of plural possessive. Most people would not even
> have realised that it required the possessive form ... ;-)
>
> In case it is of interest (and even if it isn't) I have just used a T32
> (+Stofen diffuser), T20 and Metz 34 CS-2 slave flash for a group photo.
> It was a formal dinner, but it was an informal gathering of our
> students in their uniforms with black ties before the official guests
> arrived. The T32 was on a BG2 and bounced off the ceiling (the light
> was!) and the 2 smaller flashes were flanking the camera propped up any
> old how. The T20 was attached with a T-cord. I used the setup on Auto
> TTL, the Metz was set at the aperture of the lens and I checked it with
> a Sekonic 308 flashmeter. I will find out on Thursday if it worked or
> not...
>
> Chris
>
> On 23 Nov 2004, at 17:27, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > Actually, I have two Polaroid backs. Problem is, they're both for the
> > "big boy" cameras. Anyway, I don't think I've got any film for them.
> >
> > I think I have pretty much figured out the proper distances. I
> > started out guessing that the T32 should be about three or four times
> > further from the subject than the T8. I got a little nervous about
> > that ratio, so I dug out the Sekonic L-718 and took a reading or two.
> > Close enough for old codger experimenting. Since I long ago paid for
> > both the film and the processing mailers, I'm looking at this pretty
> > much as a freebie exercise, except for the 74 cents' (*) worth of
> > postage per roll. :-)
> >
> > Thanks for the input. Reassures me I'm not totally wasting film.
> >
> > Walt
> >
> > (*) E,S&L people, take note: another appropriate usage of the plural
> > possessive apostrophe
> >
> >
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