I believe it! Effort always improves a photograph. That's probably why those early pictures of the American West are so great! At 2:01 PM +0000 10/1/02, luis wrote: >>From: Alan P. Hayes [mailto:ahayes@berkshire.rr.com] > >>Is there some historical connection between photography >>and >pneumatic systems I'm missing (this just said to try stay >>technically >on topic) > > Somewhere I have a 25 foot cable release that was pneumatically >activated. Great for self-portraiture, easily foot-operated, too. At >some point, it sprung a leak, and one had to choke it hard, or stomp >on it, to releas the shutter....and the pics were better ! > > -- Luis -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts