Paul Ash <AshP_at_sundaytimes.co.za> wrote: > Yeah, Bagboater is very quiet. The folding boat > world is a small and expensive one and I suppose > the boat manufacturers are having a tough time too. I believe you're fully right! Things are very quiet - only Balogh seems to be doing any business to speak of! > I've been advertising my Folbot double in the > local papers on and off for about two years now > and had not even one bite. Folding boats are not > big in South Africa - cost of a new Klepper double > landed in Cape Town is about $5700 at the current > echange rate (about eight rand to the dollar). Our latest Klepper was a XXL skin plus the bits needed to convert an Aerius II to an XXL - bloody expensive! > As for cameras, I'm a Nikon guy: D7000 - woo-hoo! - > and a (film) FM2 in a Pelican case for paddling trips. > Still waiting for the perfect DSLR-quality compact > camera. I thought the Fuji X100 was 'the one' but > turns out it has its own fiddly flaws, as does > its zoom brother, the X10. Ah, well, next year maybe. I am a Pentax man (the K-5 uses the same sensor as the D7000), but the latest version of the chip is used in a number of Sony cameras, including the NEX-5N! Thus I have a NEX-5N, which, with a suitable adapter, can use most of my Pentax lenses - not least the FA range. Superb! > I used to use Ewa marine housings, but prefer the > Pelican case set-up. so the housings are for sale > if anyone is keen - one for a Nikon SLR and one > for a Canon G9. Both hardly used and will let > them go for about half of new price. Difficult items to get rid of, but I might be able to convert my C-8080 underwater housing for the NEX-5N - looks promising (only the shutter release button will work, but that's OK with me! > Climate change is our new reality. I was dreaming > quite seriously about moving to the Azores but > will hold off on that for a few years. We been > having lot of rain up here in Johannesburg but > at 6000 feet above sea-level, I guess rising sea > levels aren't going to bring us our own seaside > any time soon. Been the warmest winter ever, here! About 7B0C here in the middle of the night, weird! > Wishing all you paddlers a happy 2012 with lots > of paddles in B green and lovely waters. Agree, fully! <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tord S Eriksson, MA in Journalism; ex Editor-in-Chief; Avid Photographer; Pentax Fan, Articulated Bus Driver; Hon. Member of East Horsley Aerospace; Hon. Member of PAN, the World's Oldest Photo Club; On FlickR: Tord55; </font> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 04 2012 - 15:45:20 PST
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