GKPE: General Ramblings thread

somethingsimple wrote in post #2848742
thats MUCH sharper than mine

hey tim - i guess the lens really DOES matter! LOL

Well considering the 4x price tag you would expect a little sharper I guess, but yours does look softer than I would expect even for a kit lens.

What settings did you use? Do you have a remote shutter release, and did you use mirror lockup? I found that no matter what I did my pics were coming out like yours until I used the remote release and lockup. With the long lens, even the smallest vibration causes blurring.

I had a fun photoshoot today with my chimney sweep and his daughter.
Here are a couple of photos from the shoot.
Basically these are straight from the camera.
Those are his working clothes. He wears the hat every day too.

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Facinating photos Peter! Definitely not something you see every day. My only gripe would be the blacks seem a little bright in the first pic

momentz wrote in post #2849087
Well considering the 4x price tag you would expect a little sharper I guess, but yours does look softer than I would expect even for a kit lens.

What settings did you use? Do you have a remote shutter release, and did you use mirror lockup? I found that no matter what I did my pics were coming out like yours until I used the remote release and lockup. With the long lens, even the smallest vibration causes blurring.

i did use remote release but not mirror lockup - it seemed like too much fuss for such a relatively small zoom (compared to 500+)

my long lens is 10 years old - it has been well taken care of though and wasnt used much until recently

i also was shooting through a window... do you think this could have made the difference? *suspects this is a stupid question*

weka2000 wrote in post #2849001
Dam you are a wealth on information. Plant life a couple of days ago and now insects
When do we get the facts about men

haha are you trying to have me make some enemies?

somethingsimple wrote in post #2849569
haha are you trying to have me make some enemies?

Im not making you doing anything
Now whats the verse that comes to mind

OK, what antifirus\antispyware\​firewall etc software does everyone use? My Nortons subscription is about to expire, I'm upgrading to Vista, and I'm not really happy with how resource hungry Norton Internet Security Suite is becoming. Let's face it, Vista is hungry enough without loading Nortons on top of it.
Anyone used the free AVG Antivirus\Antispyware products? (Yes I am cheap....or is that broke?) Are they any good? Is the AVG combo + the new improved Vista firewall a safe solution? What other products do people recommend.
The trend suite is pretty cheap, and I always liked their comercial products when I worked with them a few years back. But I really am broke at the moment so AVG is interesting. (I got Vista and Office 2007 for free, Thanks Bill!)

weka2000 wrote in post #2850126
Im not making you doing anything
Now whats the verse that comes to mind

i am in suspense...

scotttnz wrote in post #2850275
OK, what antifirus\antispyware\​firewall etc software does everyone use? My Nortons subscription is about to expire, I'm upgrading to Vista, and I'm not really happy with how resource hungry Norton Internet Security Suite is becoming. Let's face it, Vista is hungry enough without loading Nortons on top of it.
Anyone used the free AVG Antivirus\Antispyware products? (Yes I am cheap....or is that broke?) Are they any good? Is the AVG combo + the new improved Vista firewall a safe solution? What other products do people recommend.
The trend suite is pretty cheap, and I always liked their comercial products when I worked with them a few years back. But I really am broke at the moment so AVG is interesting. (I got Vista and Office 2007 for free, Thanks Bill!)

I am currently using zonealarm pro for firewall, antivirus and spyware. However they haven't come out with a version that works on vista yet. If there was a verson then I would be upgrading to vista.

I have used avg antivirus (free version) and it works well. A couple of things I didn't like about it was the the updates. No way of changing the time between updates. and by default it seems to wont to do a virus check every day when windows is loaded. But AVG works.

Vista itself can recommend software to install that can do the job, however you have to pay for it. I find it strange that they are providing apps to do a job but not telling a user that they have to pay for it. Just typical MS I guess.

However I will be upgrading to Vista when Crysis (a FS game) comes out. it requires DX10 to work and it's going to be heavy on video cards.

a weekend of motor sport and wonderfull southland weather.. final got to meet Tag.. here a sample and i better get move on long drive home...

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nice shoot chris, it looks like being at the right place at the right time

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #2850635
nice shoot Chris, it looks like being at the right place at the right time

at one point i though i was going to wear it.. straight at me.. then stopped about 5 feet from the bank..

Tag went home just before the race started...

Nzshrimper wrote in post #2850658
Tag went home just before the race started...

Bugger...

Awesome shot Chris!

BTW....this post is bought to you by the letter V.....V as in Vista, not Vasectomy.
So far I like it, but this new interface is going to take a little getting used to. Office 2007 is nice too. Outlook found by exchange server and configured itself to work without any input from me.....very smart.....almost too smart....

I did a clean install, and was suprisingly quick and easy. Have got AVG running while I decide what to do.

scotttnz wrote in post #2851110
Awesome shot Chris!

BTW....this post is bought to you by the letter V.....V as in Vista, not Vasectomy.
So far I like it, but this new interface is going to take a little getting used to. Office 2007 is nice too. Outlook found by exchange server and configured itself to work without any input from me.....very smart.....almost too smart....

I did a clean install, and was suprisingly quick and easy. Have got AVG running while I decide what to do.

you better watch out, I have hurd that office starts to take control of your work and start typing out your letters for you