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Forum: Off Topic 10-03-2012
Replies: 48
Poll: Mac or PC?
Views: 3,251
Posted By Olsen
I use my PC, my wife uses Mac. I get 'twice as...

I use my PC, my wife uses Mac. I get 'twice as much' for the money. Her HD broke down after 18 months. Mac would not cover the loss, by this violating Norwegian law. - We will not let them die in...
Forum: Zeiss Ikon ZM 10-03-2012
Replies: 20
Views: 2,344
Posted By Olsen
Dino, Very good pictures! I was a bit puzzled...

Dino,

Very good pictures! I was a bit puzzled when only looking at the pictures. I could have sweared that this was 'somewhere in Sweden'. Then it is Northern Italy! I had a Zeiss Ikon for a...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 09-25-2012
Replies: 194
Views: 22,412
Posted By Olsen
I am very enthusiastic about the new M(10). With...

I am very enthusiastic about the new M(10). With a SMOS sensor we can hope for far better high ISO performance. With 24 MP much higher resolution is secured. Which will do the fine Leica optics...
Forum: Off Topic 06-11-2012
Replies: 43
Views: 1,583
Posted By Olsen
Could there be a corelation between national debt...

Could there be a corelation between national debt and how good a nation is in football? Then a nation with low petrol prices will also be good in football. Or?
Forum: Off Topic 03-31-2012
Replies: 43
Views: 1,583
Posted By Olsen
The classical recipe for high public debt is 'low...

The classical recipe for high public debt is 'low taxes'. Researchers have also found a relation between 'low alcohol prices' and 'huge public debt'.

The moral is: There is no free lunch.
Forum: Off Topic 03-14-2012
Replies: 43
Views: 1,583
Posted By Olsen
Which confirms my statement. Your petrol prices...

Which confirms my statement. Your petrol prices are all too low. € 1,55/litre is all too low compared to those nations with tidy economy. Belgian petrol prices are even lower than Finland and Sweden....
Forum: Off Topic 03-06-2012
Replies: 43
Views: 1,583
Posted By Olsen
... and your gas price is...?

... and your gas price is...?
Forum: Off Topic 03-05-2012
Replies: 43
Views: 1,583
Posted By Olsen
Here in Norway 95 octane petrol costs €...

Here in Norway 95 octane petrol costs € 2,00/liter (NOK 15,40/liter or 9,95 $ per gallon!). In Finland, which I just have visited, the price varied between € 1,66 - 1,69.

My experience is that 'the...
Forum: Off Topic 12-18-2011
Replies: 60
Views: 1,502
Posted By Olsen
...but the frequency of cancer is not just...

...but the frequency of cancer is not just dependant on geographical area, or water pollution, nor even air pollution alone. Social economical factors and bad habits also play a role. Like alcohol...
Forum: Off Topic 11-21-2011
Replies: 18
Views: 784
Posted By Olsen
Agree. Sorry for sounding 'anti American'. ...

Agree.

Sorry for sounding 'anti American'. That was not the intention. We feel a great deal of sympathy for the ordinary American man and woman over here. Because we face the same problems...
Forum: Off Topic 11-20-2011
Replies: 18
Views: 784
Posted By Olsen
We had the same reaction here in Norway when US...

We had the same reaction here in Norway when US president Obama was here in Norway to 1)receive the Nobel Peace price - and 2)to borrow more money on behalf of the US treasury, from our pension fund....
Forum: Off Topic 11-13-2011
Replies: 48
Views: 2,428
Posted By Olsen
Spoks, I agree. But I could not find...

Spoks,

I agree.

But I could not find anything else. Why is it impossible to find a list of countries by their 'net governmental debt'?
Forum: Off Topic 11-11-2011
Replies: 48
Views: 2,428
Posted By Olsen
Best description of net debt is this: "The...

Best description of net debt is this:


"The difference between a country's external financial assets and its liabilities (also referred to as external debt...
Forum: Off Topic 11-11-2011
Replies: 48
Views: 2,428
Posted By Olsen
Sorry, but this list, I have seen it before,...

Sorry, but this list, I have seen it before, states 'gross' debt. Not net.

That distorts the picture considerably and makes it impossible to compare nation's 'net' debt situation.

Take Norway...
Forum: Off Topic 11-10-2011
Replies: 48
Views: 2,428
Posted By Olsen
Contrary to many countries in the world today is...

Contrary to many countries in the world today is Norway a immensely rich country with a Sovereign Wealth Fund (more on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Norway ) of...
Forum: Off Topic 10-31-2011
Replies: 48
Views: 2,428
Posted By Olsen
The difference in median age between Norway...

The difference in median age between Norway 'might' seem small. But makes a huge difference regarding 'the potential work force'. Norway's problem is an aging population, like South Korea, Japan and...
Forum: Off Topic 10-31-2011
Replies: 48
Views: 2,428
Posted By Olsen
Unemployment in USA as a whole must be close to...

Unemployment in USA as a whole must be close to 30%. Not 9,9%.

Try to follow my reasoning:

Norway's population is roughly 4,85 million. the workforce, included the ca. 4% unemployed is 2,75...
Forum: Off Topic 10-29-2011
Replies: 39
Views: 1,027
Posted By Olsen
Dave, Which reminds us that the best thing we...

Dave,

Which reminds us that the best thing we have is our good health....

We will all end up in your situation; that one have to look after the other. Because of failing health. Since I am...
Forum: Off Topic 10-29-2011
Replies: 39
Views: 1,027
Posted By Olsen
Dave (and others), This is funny; I am about to...

Dave (and others),

This is funny; I am about to retire. Coming Monday is my last (full) day at work.

Forced? No! This is something I have been looking forward to. For years! My wife and I have...
Forum: Off Topic 10-24-2011
Replies: 30
Views: 1,616
Posted By Olsen
A few figures around slave labour and holocaust:...

A few figures around slave labour and holocaust: Some 30 - 40.000 German jews managed to escape holocaust. With the help of German friends, neighbors, colleagues etc. Some 220.000 German jews were...
Forum: Off Topic 09-19-2011
Replies: 14
Views: 782
Posted By Olsen
To carry weapons is no human right. To live in a...

To carry weapons is no human right. To live in a society with law & order is. To refuse to kill is actually a human right. To defend your country, is a right according to international law.
Forum: W/NW Words no Words. 09-01-2011
Replies: 351
Views: 27,548
Posted By Olsen
Facinating thread! Possibly the best - ever,...

Facinating thread! Possibly the best - ever, here at RFF. Very good photpgraphy! Here we see where RRF'ers are, and how they see the world around them! Very good!

But...

Can't we get the...
Forum: Cosina Voigtlander Bessa 09-01-2011
Replies: 281
Views: 81,722
Posted By Olsen
Wobba, Thanks for taking the time to make these...

Wobba,

Thanks for taking the time to make these tests available to us. But if you have distortion-corrected them in LR afterwards; what kind of lens test is it then? Further; an issue with the M9...
Forum: Off Topic 08-31-2011
Replies: 255
Views: 13,154
Posted By Olsen
I am neither conservative nor a revolutionary. ...

I am neither conservative nor a revolutionary. but I am willing to listen to common sense....
Forum: Off Topic 08-24-2011
Replies: 53
Views: 3,135
Posted By Olsen
CIA, FBI, DHC and local police swarming around...

CIA, FBI, DHC and local police swarming around looking for suspicious photographers. This sounds like the Soviet Union to me. Take your freedom and dignity back again, Americans!
Forum: Off Topic 08-23-2011
Replies: 255
Views: 13,154
Posted By Olsen
What a lot of bull...! Ha, ha!

What a lot of bull...! Ha, ha!
Forum: Off Topic 08-23-2011
Replies: 255
Views: 13,154
Posted By Olsen
What utterly nonsense! And naive perseption of...

What utterly nonsense! And naive perseption of the world. Ha, ha!
Forum: Off Topic 08-23-2011
Replies: 255
Views: 13,154
Posted By Olsen
What utterly nonsense! And simplyfied view of...

What utterly nonsense! And simplyfied view of the world. Ha, ha!
Forum: Off Topic 08-01-2011
Replies: 21
Views: 2,014
Posted By Olsen
Brian, Thank you. A few more photos: ...

Brian,

Thank you.

A few more photos:

1)
From the back side of the Oslo Court House with all the people waiting for Anders Behring Breivik being transported to the first court appearance. I...
Forum: Off Topic 07-28-2011
Replies: 21
Views: 2,014
Posted By Olsen
Thanks for all sympathy. I know that the support...

Thanks for all sympathy. I know that the support and sympathy expressed from peoples abroad touches Norwegians. It certainly touches me.

I drove my 91 years old father-in-law down to see the...
Forum: Off Topic 07-26-2011
Replies: 21
Views: 2,014
Posted By Olsen
Thanks Bob and Roger, A smile in all the tears:...

Thanks Bob and Roger,

A smile in all the tears: Our 13 years old Persian cat (The Old Persian Rug) disappeared late Friday afternoon - just after the explosion. Our dear neighbour who looks after...
Forum: Off Topic 07-26-2011
Replies: 21
Views: 2,014
Posted By Olsen
My friend's daughter has also died. She had...

My friend's daughter has also died. She had already been pronounced dead when I wrote my first post, but I was not aware of that when writing this.
Forum: Off Topic 07-25-2011
Replies: 21
Views: 2,014
Posted By Olsen
Hexiplex, Roger, Majid, Nikon Bob, First of...

Hexiplex, Roger, Majid, Nikon Bob,

First of all, I am very grateful for your concern and expression of sympathy for us Norwegians today. We are a people in shock and grief.

In all this I am...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 07-02-2011
Replies: 35
Views: 2,914
Posted By Olsen
The camera computer of M9 is a drag. I shoot DNG...

The camera computer of M9 is a drag. I shoot DNG all the time. Whish I could shoot raw and jpg at the same time. As I do with my 1Ds III. But the M9's capacity to handle large files is not there....
Forum: Xpan & Other Panoramics 07-01-2011
Replies: 33
Views: 2,982
Posted By Olsen
This is indeed the experience of the only...

This is indeed the experience of the only Hasselblad H4 user I know. Well, ex user, that is. I bought his Leica MP and while visiting me I showed him my 1Ds III. Which he tested and brought with...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 07-01-2011
Replies: 29
Views: 3,532
Posted By Olsen
Agree. The Biogon is one of the legendary lens...

Agree.

The Biogon is one of the legendary lens designs ever made. It was originally designed for areal photography before WWII. Luftwaffe used cameras with Carl Zeiss Biogon lenses to photograph...
Forum: Off Topic 06-29-2011
Replies: 160
Views: 14,833
Posted By Olsen
It was nasty, and I don't agree with it. Don't...

It was nasty, and I don't agree with it.

Don't worry about Greece. They just might default. But their economy is less than that of a typical suburb in China. Nor is it a serious European crisis....
Forum: Off Topic 06-29-2011
Replies: 160
Views: 14,833
Posted By Olsen
Sorry, but this is a myth. Crude oil is traded...

Sorry, but this is a myth. Crude oil is traded in all kinds of currencies today. Increasingly so with the falling value of the US$. Even though the crude oil price is 'reported' in US$ in the...
Forum: Off Topic 06-29-2011
Replies: 160
Views: 14,833
Posted By Olsen
Agree, In Norway, you will stand out as being...

Agree,

In Norway, you will stand out as being vulgar and tasteless if you claimed that 'I am proud to be a Norwegian'. We are encouraged not to overdo the use of national symbols, even. The...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 06-16-2011
Replies: 41
Views: 3,192
Posted By Olsen
I would not be worried. I bought a 3 months old...

I would not be worried. I bought a 3 months old 2.hand M9 that had more shutter actuations than my, then almost 4 years old m8. To what I can see, the M8/M9 shutters are now the same you see in...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 06-16-2011
Replies: 70
Views: 5,697
Posted By Olsen
Please mind: This Italain flag Issue is not an...

Please mind: This Italain flag Issue is not an issue on M8! You M8 users will have no problem with red edges. Because the crop factor cuts them away. Nice, he?
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 06-16-2011
Replies: 70
Views: 5,697
Posted By Olsen
I have only three wide angle lenses: The WATE -...

I have only three wide angle lenses: The WATE - which was perfect and without any traces of the Italian Flag even before the upgrade. A 35 mm 2,0 Cron: Which also has performed exemplary. The...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 06-16-2011
Replies: 70
Views: 5,697
Posted By Olsen
So, what this boils down to is a black list, -...

So, what this boils down to is a black list, - æhum, red list, of lenses that do produce the Italian Flag?
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 06-13-2011
Replies: 179
Views: 7,467
Posted By Olsen
"....bring the price down to $ 4K...' Lloyd...

"....bring the price down to $ 4K...'

Lloyd Cambers describes a camera that will compete with Canon's 1Ds III in spesifications, but cost more than 40% less. Ha, ha!
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 06-13-2011
Replies: 179
Views: 7,467
Posted By Olsen
Do a company have to be listed to be profitable?...

Do a company have to be listed to be profitable? Quite on the contrary. Some of the most profitable companies around are not listed. Of cause not. If you had a very profitable company; would you list...
Forum: Travel 05-20-2011
Replies: 69
Views: 4,329
Posted By Olsen
Mister E, Simply awesome! This tsunami has...

Mister E,

Simply awesome!

This tsunami has made a huge impression on people all over the world. Not the least the children. Like here in Norway, a country with a long coastline. We had problems...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 05-20-2011
Replies: 57
Views: 6,555
Posted By Olsen
Just fine that you have picked my thread up...

Just fine that you have picked my thread up again. Some very elegant ways of showing your gears, guys! Excellent photography. Very good! I have sold my M8, and have bought a M9. I just might...
Forum: Roger Hicks -- Author of The Rangefinder Book 05-08-2011
Replies: 50
Views: 5,889
Posted By Olsen
I can not make it this year. I have a too busy...

I can not make it this year. I have a too busy schedule at work since I am retiring later this year. But next year! Then I am a pensioner!

How do you folks get from Paris to Arles? Train? How...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 05-08-2011
Replies: 61
Views: 2,740
Posted By Olsen
Except for that there is a wast difference...

Except for that there is a wast difference between RD-1's 1,5 and M8's 1,33 crop factor, the M8 is a far more reliable. - Except for this Red Line Issue. 'All' the 2.hand M8s' on the Norwegian...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 05-07-2011
Replies: 61
Views: 2,740
Posted By Olsen
I would have no problems buying a 2.hand M8. The...

I would have no problems buying a 2.hand M8. The updates are not important. A warranty is. So, a new M8 with a warranty is worth it's 4,000 US$ - which isn't all that much today.

The warranty is...
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