It's Already 2AM: 35th Edition... Welcome to The Blue Oyster Bar.

DTBaan wrote in post #17600994
wow really? Atari? nes? snes? genesis? turbo graphic 16 was nice too hehe

xbox is probably my favorite system.. a modded one that is. I mentioned I hate playing roms.. but its more towards pc. roms on the xbox was awesome!

but in general I don't like rpg on roms because of the save files. cant seem to save well for me. love the fast forwarding feature though ehe.

Okay technically, I had the Atari 2400, NES, and SNES... but those felt like just kiddie games to me. It was the Xbox that got me into gaming especially Halo.

I need to get a better PC.

DTBaan wrote in post #17601007
Tony's been inactive for about a month.. I just pm'd him. hope he is well...

Maybe he went on another whirlwind tour.

FJ LOVE wrote in post #17601105

Omar's Pre-orders are your secondary bat signal?

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17601233
Okay technically, I had the Atari 2400, NES, and SNES... but those felt like just kiddie games to me. It was the Xbox that got me into gaming especially Halo.

I need to get a better PC.

didn't have pc before?

those systems are classics!!

played some fps on pc so when xbox came out with halo I wasn't too crazy over it. just another fps.

new cpu out. should get a new pc hehe. I put together another pc about 4 months ago hehe. havnt had a chance to take pics of it though zzz collecting dust.

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17601234
Maybe he went on another whirlwind tour.

sure hope so

Just curious, did anyone else preorder the fallout4 limited edition just to get the pipboy?

DTBaan wrote in post #17601244
sure hope so

You guys need to stop assuming that fellow members are dropping like flies.

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17601236
Omar's Pre-orders are your secondary bat signal?

nope, just a little inside joke

DTBaan wrote in post #17601242
new cpu out. should get a new pc hehe. I put together another pc about 4 months ago hehe. havnt had a chance to take pics of it though zzz collecting dust.

I don't game but I'm ready, just finished rebuilding my PC, i4790K chip with a GTX950 card running smoothly at 4GHZ

MOkoFOko wrote in post #17601254
You guys need to stop assuming that fellow members are dropping like flies.

correct, now, until we find Roger let's just assume people have lives and are busy

DTBaan wrote in post #17601242
didn't have pc before?

those systems are classics!!

played some fps on pc so when xbox came out with halo I wasn't too crazy over it. just another fps.

new cpu out. should get a new pc hehe. I put together another pc about 4 months ago hehe. havnt had a chance to take pics of it though zzz collecting dust.

Yeah, had a PC. Just played Doom and Wolfenstein back then. Almost got an Amiga for the games I was jelly that some friends had. .

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17601424
Yeah, had a PC. Just played Doom and Wolfenstein back then. Almost got an Amiga for the games I was jelly that some friends had. .

Doom was pretty much the first real computer games I'd ever played (unless you count frogger, the original TMNT, and who framed roger rabbit).

Gaming PCs are going the way of the dinosaur. Gaming laptops are in. Only grandpa's game on PC!!!

Thanks guys, I am okay, have been busy listening to vinyl records. Not much shooting since it is too hot now here in LV. Also resting and just enjoying here at home. Nice A7R II pre order Omar. The fast AF even with Canon lenses is definitely a good reason to get this new camera.

walkabout in Las Vegas:

My FB posting on Sony A7RII announcement:

Product cycle, Moore's law and the new "Sony" law in Cameras. Gordon Moore said the number of transistors packed in an integrated circuit doubles every two years, it was translated by marketeers and commonly stated that you can get a computer with double the power every 18 months, or buy a computer with the same power at half the price, over the years we see this happened; computers are so powerful at low cost (not only computers but gizmos like BluRay players etc)

For Cameras, photographers were used to Canon and Nikon product cycles, cameras got replaced in three years or more and you can rely on your old cameras for 5 to 7 years.

Not anymore in December 10, 2013 Sony new Mirrorless 37 megapixel Sony A7R hit the US market, I got my camera in Manila on Feb 8, 2014 then Sony announced the A7S with super sensitive sensors that can shoot at ISO 104,000 and more, a few months later the A7II was announced with 5 axis stabilization built in camera. These announcements were nice but did not bother me, the A7R was still the king.

Today ,in 16 months my A7R is "obsolete" Sony announced a new A7R II with 40 megapixel back lit sensor, better image quality, more ISO capability, fast autofocus,silent shutter, 4k video and 5 axis stabilization. Sure the old A7R still shoots amazing high resolution images but the new version corrected some of the shortcomings like AF with Canon lenses using adopters.

Sony is setting a pace in camera life cycle, they are breaking the slow R&D of Canon etal, good news for consumers in one view but bad for resale values of old gears. The A7R sold in Feb 2014 for $2,200 today the new A7RII sells for $3,200 both for bodies only.
Will Sony announce another break through in 18 months? What new technologies will we see by Dec 2016.
In comparison the Canon 5Ds and R announced 4 months ago are just hitting the stores now. Sure it has 50 megapixels but shoots at low ISO compared to three year old Canon5D3. I was looking at upgrading to the 5Dr but with the new Sony A7RII for sure not anymore.