GKPE: General Ramblings thread

I'll go with the above about Vista. Nothing greater than XP at the moment. I have the RC from MS but uninstalled them. I wanted to run Vista 64 but there isn't a 64bit raw viewer.

FlyingPete wrote in post #2197160
I do have a tool at home to do that, the dirty way around it though is to kill the explorer process and restart it by starting a new process - explorer.exe

I tried to find something on the net, but couldn't. Ohh well I just decided to reimage the machine. that's the quickest way around the problem.

So, how the heck did you guys get your designations changed? I like Tony's... and Mark's

dgcorner wrote in post #2197181
So, how the heck did you guys get your designations changed? I like Tony's... and Mark's

Loiter on the thread of doom, but be careful or you will end up with a dumb one like mine

FlyingPete wrote in post #2197199
Loiter on the thread of doom, but be careful or you will end up with a dumb one like mine

Or mine. <img>

FlyingPete wrote in post #2197153
Just got another photo job to do, more product shooting, this time for a gormet bakery, loafs of bread, will contribute to that new lens

Looks like the old product shooting pipeline has reopened, a graphic artist I used to do product shooting for is back in business after starting a family.

What lens you going to get Pete? Ah there i nothing like new glass

FlyingPete wrote in post #2197199
Loiter on the thread of doom, but be careful or you will end up with a dumb one like mine

Moppie wrote in post #2197238
Or mine. <img>

well if you enter that thread and start bragging what do you expect. I say a simple comment and what do I get a new title.

Vista - I'll skip it. All the nonsense about licences... I'm going to check out Ubuntu soon, and when I can no longer do what I want on XP, I'll look at either a Mac, or a Ubuntu machine. And I'll be taking the office with me

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2197304
well if you enter that thread and start bragging what do you expect. I say a simple comment and what do I get a new title.

I wasn't bragging, i was drunk

I can't even find my post in the thread now, its gotten so long.

Edit: Ok, I found it, its on page 88.
I also found this:

Nzshrimper wrote in post #2181113
moppie should become know as 'nissed as a pewt'

Moppie wrote in post #2197317
I wasn't bragging, i was drunk

I can't even find my post in the thread now, its gotten so long.

Edit: Ok, I found it, its on page 88.
I also found this:

yea I know that. I just couldn't be bothered trying to type it out.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2197304
well if you enter that thread and start bragging what do you expect. I say a simple comment and what do I get a new title.

Yeah I was digging for 'Dr Evil' though

weka2000 wrote in post #2197290
What lens you going to get Pete? Ah there i nothing like new glass

The lens I use the most is my 28-105 f/3.5-4.5. Its short comings for me have been the wide end (I often have to use my EFS 'kit' to cover), sharpness wideopen and hand holdablity in low light.

From this I have decided that the 24-105L f/4 IS is the best bet, wider at 24mm (still may need the kit lens though, but hopefully less often - will move to a 10-22 at some point to cover the gap ), sharper, slightly brighter at the long end and IS to help with hand holdablity. Only downside is it is quite a bit heavier!

Help! I bought one of those hard, plastic lens hoods for my Nifty since the rubber ones were not providing enough protection. I picked this one up in the used hood pile for $3.00 at AC (Asahi Opt Co. Japan 52mm) On the other side of the hood, it says "Standard lens 1:1.2 -1.4 50mm 1:1.8 55mm. This fits well.

Now my problem is: where the heck do I find a 68mm lens cap??? From looking around there are 67mm and 70mm ones available... but no 68mm ones. I am saying 68mm since that is the approximate diameter measurement I am getting...

Anyone have a 67mm lens cap that I can borrow to test?

Cheers!

Moppie wrote in post #2197238
Or mine. <img>

i think i had something to do with yours Moppie - Sorry.. and Tinkerbells..

FlyingPete wrote in post #2197473
Yeah I was digging for 'Dr Evil' though


The lens I use the most is my 28-105 f/3.5-4.5. Its short comings for me have been the wide end (I often have to use my EFS 'kit' to cover), sharpness wideopen and hand holdablity in low light.

From this I have decided that the 24-105L f/4 IS is the best bet, wider at 24mm (still may need the kit lens though, but hopefully less often - will move to a 10-22 at some point to cover the gap ), sharper, slightly brighter at the long end and IS to help with hand holdablity. Only downside is it is quite a bit heavier!

Pete, you can borrow the 17-40 if you want to have a go. I found that I was shooting in the 17-18mm range of the 10-20/22 so I opted for this range instead.

dgcorner wrote in post #2197481
Pete, you can borrow the 17-40 if you want to have a go. I found that I was shooting in the 17-18mm range of the 10-20/22 so I opted for this range instead.

I find I am mainly shooting people so work between the 28-105 and the 70-200, it is when I am doing landscapes that I find I am needing something wider which is not often, in fact mainly on GKPEs! Might take you up on that offer though!