Photos of Thailand - Page 5

frogblogger · #41 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 01:20 PM

Classic unadorned Thai beauty... a waitress in a simple coffee shop, Chiang Mai

Serendipity2 · #42 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by King Silk

Sorry S2/KL/Frogy there I've said it.

Poor S2 can't carry a DX up mountains anymore and his F2AS is getting on a bit.....in Thailand we do NOT lust after D3Xs. We prefer the Ladies in Walking St and would NEVER settle for a D90 even for a short time......but we would certainly 'hump' them up Mountains. Whatever they weighed......The Ladies that is. OK, S2/KL/Frogy? Or whoever.......

King Silk,

Sorry, I've got to correct you. The F2AS is in GREAT shape! I wish I were in that great a shape. It's over 30 years old and the Nikkor-S 55mm f/1.2 is over 40 years old and both work great. With regard to your last thought, the only lass I'm going to carry up a mountain will be well worth the effort! And I WON"T complain!

Serendipity2

King Silk · #43 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2009, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Serendipity2

King Silk,

Sorry, I've got to correct you. The F2AS is in GREAT shape! I wish I were in that great a shape. It's over 30 years old and the Nikkor-S 55mm f/1.2 is over 40 years old and both work great. With regard to your last thought, the only lass I'm going to carry up a mountain will be well worth the effort! And I WON"T complain!

Serendipity2

oooooH! Sorry S2. No offence intended. (Time of the month is it?)

frogblogger · #44 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Serendipity2

frogblogger,

So you're driving a full frame D2x. What lens are you using? Perhaps a Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.2 AiS? It must be a very good piece of glass as your shots are very sharp.

I was looking at a D700 to replace my Nikon F2AS but too heavy. Initially I was lusting over a D3X but too heavy and too expensive! Am going with a D90 instead at about 2/3 the weight of the D700. I would rather have a full frame instead of DX but cameras and lenses get heavy after lugging around for the day and I'm not getting any younger. I can only imagine humping up some mountains to visit hill tribes with my tongue handing out due to the extra weight. :/

Serendipity2

A Nikkor 17-55mm 1:2.8 ... or a Nikkor 70-200 1:2.8 with VR, plus the Nikon 1.4 teleconverter. But with both lenses my rucksack weighs a ton... used to cart it around the Alps on skis too. Hard work. Suppose it helps me to keep fit... to drop

frogblogger · #45 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2009, 12:53 PM

Hephesus · #46 (**permalink**) 24th April 2009, 06:09 AM

Now this is exacly how it was here in greece 22 years ago when I first came and it was one of the many things that attracted me. Nowdays though it has been tided up too much and the flovour of the country has gone, So now it is time to move on to Thailand where I am so happy to see the old values of the electrician still exist.

Serendipity2 · #47 (**permalink**) 24th April 2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Hephesus

Now this is exacly how it was here in greece 22 years ago when I first came and it was one of the many things that attracted me. Nowdays though it has been tided up too much and the flovour of the country has gone, So now it is time to move on to Thailand where I am so happy to see the old values of the electrician still exist.

Hephesus,

Ah, the Thailand I know and love! Nice to see it's still there. I think the overwhelming number of those lines are either telephone or perhaps cable television lines and not electrical. That said, I'd sure hate to hit one of those poles. Concrete doesn't give very much!

Serendipity2

frogblogger · #48 (**permalink**) 24th April 2009, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Serendipity2

Hephesus,

Ah, the Thailand I know and love! Nice to see it's still there. I think the overwhelming number of those lines are either telephone or perhaps cable television lines and not electrical. That said, I'd sure hate to hit one of those poles. Concrete doesn't give very much!

Serendipity2

You're right both of you, it's part of the charm!

(S2, talking about hitting one of those poles, I'll post a pic in the 'safety in Thailand thread soon...)...

In the meantime, here's another smile...

(Click on pic for full size original.....)

King Silk · #49 (**permalink**) 24th April 2009, 08:56 AM

There is almost no such thing as a 'Earth' wire here!
Bloke up the road was electrocuted last week in the shower!

Hephesus · #50 (**permalink**) 24th April 2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by King Silk

There is almost no such thing as a 'Earth' wire here!
Bloke up the road was electrocuted last week in the shower!

That must have been a terrible shock,
Surely I will not be the only one to write that line!

No earth , hmm I will look into the possibilties to installing one to a house without one.