Re: |AX| Re: Going to Paris in the middle of July
- From: Paul Furman <paul-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:20:49 -0700
Alan wrote:
My wife is a teacher and the summer or the winter is it.
Only time I've been was 'Paris in the Springtime'
Damn it was cold, dark & miserable weather!
;-)
However,
after she retires in a few years we'll have much more time for travel.
We were going to stay at the Marriot on the Champs Elysees but the
price we got was 495 Euros a night. We're going with a Platinum
upgrade package but we weren't guanateed and boulevard view so it
looks like the Renaisance near the Louvre (where we have a
reservation) or there is a Westin right off (South) of the Champs
Elysees both are 300 Euros with upgades and breakfast or concierge
lounge.
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:22:09 +0100, "R. Mark Clayton"
<nospamclayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Don't go to Paris in the middle of July. It is far too hot and the Parisian's all go on holiday, leaving lots of things shut. Why not try Saumur, where I was on 14/7/1990.
OTOH I was in Paris on 14/7/1991* and watched the victory parade down the Champs' Elysees. I doubt you could capture the moment without film industry standard movie cameras and sound.
Can't help on the camera :-(
"Alan" <alanremovecalan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ven73516ocd1v18cfe24lld4j9uuggppo2@xxxxxxxxxxI am going to Paris and I am at a point where I need to make a
permanent decision about a camera. I have a Nikon F5 and an awful
Kodak 8 mpx camera that I can't stand. My options are a Canon G10,
the Nikon equivalent, a D90, D5000 or buy another D300. I bought one
2 Decembers ago and returned it when the SONY hit the 24 mpx full
frame level. I still have some decent lenses for the f5 (a tokina
zoom and a tamron 90mm portrait lens and a 75-300 Nikon cheapie) but
none of them are VR. I also have a Nikon 280 flash.
I never take photographs anymore because I don't want to use film. The
G10 seems to take pretty good pictures, but of course doesn't have the
versatility of the DLSRs. I have a feeling that the D5000 doesn't do
well with the older lenses like the D40s. The idea of being able to
do video is something I kind of like. I don't want to carry two
cameras. I am not even sure I want to carry the DSLR and a few
lenses. But I have a feeling that for many things, one good zoom will
give me a decent amount of flexibility.
So, because of the old lenses, should I rule out the d5000? How is
the video on the d90 as compared to the d5000?
For $450 am I better off just getting the G10 and see how that feels
and I can deal with a DSLR that has everything I want at a later date.
It seems as though it is good to have a top quality point and shoot
for all those times you don't want to have to schlep the big brothers.
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Paul Furman
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