[pct-l] ULA Axis Crampons

[bdf37 at yahoo.com (Brian Frankle)]

Another alternative for crampons would be
ULA-Equipment Axis Crampons. Better than the average
in-step style, not as much overkill as a full length
set-up. If you have more ???'s feel free to contact me
offlist.

Brian

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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:02:41 -0800
> From: <cmkudija@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] digital trail cameras
> To: "Deems" <losthiker@sisqtel.net>,	"pct"
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> 
> Um, actually, I've used filters (polarizing, UV,
> red, etc) with a film SLR
> camera (Olympus OM-1, acquired in '77) prior to
> breaking the camera body
> (sniff) and evolving to the digital world several
> years ago.  I do
> understand why they're helpful with film - but was
> simply wondering if they
> were equally beneficial to the digital camera
> experience.  You've clarified
> this in saying "but you can't always duplicate what
> a filter will do when
> used correctly in the field.  Very few of the images
> on my site were pushed
> with software, a few were balanced for contrast."   
>  Then again, you also
> said, "software has the potential to do incredible
> things to images."
> 
> Indeed it does.  It  turns out that in Photoshop &
> Photoshop Elements that
> you can emphasize the hue - whether pushing the reds
> or the blues or
> whatever - in a photograph, as well as turn the
> whole photo into black &
> white for an Ansel Adams experience.  However, there
> may be a difference in
> shooting the original image and capturing whatever
> modified data comes
> through the filter that makes later editing even
> more successful.  I guess
> I'll just have to scare the moths out of my wallet
> and find out.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback & the link.
> 
> Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
> PCT partially '94
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net]On
> Behalf Of Deems
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:40 PM
> To: pct
> Subject: [pct-l] digital trail cameras
> 
> Filters are a simple tool to control the wavelengths
> of light entering the
> lens, before it is recorded on film or pixels. With
> filters, I am able to
> see the final image before it is recorded, instead
> of waiting to alter the
> files on a pc or the film in a darkroom. A camera
> that can accept filters
> will give greater control of the light and image as
> it's recorded, but you
> need to know what you want to the image to look like
> first. I generally see
> the final picture in my mind, before I take it. 
> Polarizers cancel glare on
> water, cut haze in skies, and enhance the blue of
> the sky. The split neutral
> density filter can mask a bright portion of the
> image, while allowing the
> darker half to remain unchanged. The red enhancer
> allows red objects to be
> brighter, but not change all the other colors. This
> filter is great at
> sunset, sunrise, with alpenglow, and with fall
> colors. Filters can sometimes
> just be a personal choice, but I prefer cameras that
> can use them over ones
> that won't. You can still use software at home, but
> you can't always
> duplicate what a filter will do when used correctly
> in the field.  Very few
> of the images on my site were pushed with software,
> a few were balanced for
> contrast.  I used filters for 30 years with
> Kodachrome, so it's a habit I
> can't easily break.  I must admit tho, software has
> the potential to do
> incredible things to images, has a high learning
> curve, and I know very
> little about that area.  Here's a good website to
> study filters.
> http://www.dantestella.com/technical/filterama.html
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Question - why are filters useful for a digital
> camera, compared to editing
> the photo on the computer, using Photoshop,
> Photoshop Elements, or other
> editing software?  Just wondering - and keeping an
> eye out for the next
> camera.  I'm particularly interested in one that can
> do both macro and
> landscape photos - without interchangeable lenses. 
> I perhaps ask too much?
> 
> Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
> PCT partially '94
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:10:24 -0800
> From: "Jon Danniken" <danniken@comcast.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Is there a .tpo for Oregon PCT?
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> Hello,
> 
> I noticed that there is a California .tpo file (data
> for TOPO software)
> available from the TOPO website.  Does anyone know
> of any .tpo files
> covering all or parts of the PCT and associated
> trails for Oregon?  Does
> anyone have any of their own .tpo files for the
> Oregon PCT they would be
> willing to make available?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:48:00 -0800
> From: "Monte Dodge" <montedodge@msn.com>
> 
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