Re: Questions, Answers and Tips

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

"Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Q) What is your ausrail name?
> A) My real name
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> Q) What is your A/S/L? (age/sex/location)
> A) 39/male/Wollongong NSW
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> Q) Do you have ICQ and/or a website?
> A) No and/or no
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> Q) What type of camera do you use for stills and/or video?
> A) A Pentax P30N with a variety of lenses for colour slides, currently a
Sony F380E 8mm video soon to be replaced with a Sony Digital8.
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> Q) Do you prefer colour or black and white for stills?
> A) Colour
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> Q) Do you suffer from ausrailitis (using words such as SillyRail,
> Terrorgraph etc), underwirephobia (the camera disappears in electric train
> areas) or Black Sky Equals No Camera Syndrome (BSENCS)
> A) ausrailitis - No
> A) underwirephobia - No
> A) BSENCS - No
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> Q) Do you have a tip for good rail photography?
> A) Take lots of shots and hopefully you then get some good ones.
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> Q) How long have you been a rail photographer?
> A)  20 years seriously, another 7 before that with a Kodak Instamatic.
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> Q) Which territories/states' trains have you photographed in Australia?
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> All except NT (Apart from an Instamatic shot of the 'Coffee Pot' at Alice
Springs in 1974
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> Q) Have you photographed overseas trains?
> A) New Zealand, Lahaina Kaanapali & Pacific on Maui, one rusted steam loco
in a park in Suva.
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