Brisbane POTN: General Ramblings Thread

Meaty0 wrote in post #3617802
Wow! I didn't know Nikon made contact lenses and I've been in the business for 30 years. I'll have to go back and study my supply catalogues more closely.

I'm pretty sure I read it right Paul. I've only got 2 week trials at the moment but when I asked her how much 30 day ones would be she brought them up on the screen and it said Nikon amoung other thing.

-spam- wrote in post #3618177
I had a thought you were going to say that

Now Feng, buy that damn 16-35 so i can buy the 12-24 :p

lol... if I buy the 16-35, i'd probably keep the 12-24 as a toy, and sell the 17-40... but then again... if I sold the 12-24 AND the 17-40, that's about right for a 16-35.... HRMMM.... is 16 wide enough....

-Pleiades- wrote in post #3618695
I'm pretty sure I read it right Paul. I've only got 2 week trials at the moment but when I asked her how much 30 day ones would be she brought them up on the screen and it said Nikon amoung other thing.

Yeah...there's new contact lenses appearing on the market every day.

As an interesting aside; Hoya make excellent spectacle lenses and just average camera filters, while Nikon spec lenses are crappy, their camera lenses have always been top notch (sorry fellas but let's face facts here). Kodak also make spectacle lenses and they're crappy too. Carl Zeiss make excellent spectacle lenses and the world's best camera lenses. Canon don't make spec lenses at all...which surprises me...but then their camera lenses have patchy quality and I include L lenses in that too. Pentax camera lenses are very well made and seem to have been always good quality, but their spec lenses are very

Meaty0 wrote in post #3621380
Yeah...there's new contact lenses appearing on the market every day.

As an interesting aside; Hoya make excellent spectacle lenses and just average camera filters, while Nikon spec lenses are crappy, their camera lenses have always been top notch (sorry fellas but let's face facts here). Kodak also make spectacle lenses and they're crappy too. Carl Zeiss make excellent spectacle lenses and the world's best camera lenses. Canon don't make spec lenses at all...which surprises me...but then their camera lenses have patchy quality and I include L lenses in that too. Pentax camera lenses are very well made and seem to have been always good quality, but their spec lenses are very

Does the average joe every get to pick what brand spec lenses are used for his/here glasses?

Greg_C wrote in post #3621575
Does the average joe every get to pick what brand spec lenses are used for his/here glasses?

Nope! We just use the lenses we know don't give us any trouble.

wakko wrote in post #3618815
is 16 wide enough....

Here is some 16mm samples (well, 10mm on a 1.6x crop)

Here

here

here

and here

Hmmm... maybe i'll just get a 10-20

Meaty0 wrote in post #3622163
Nope! We just use the lenses we know don't give us any trouble.

Makes sense, a lot less trouble for you that way.

Couple of pages ago I mentioned the slide 2 unlock thingy I'd installed on my pocket PC phone. Here's a screen capture of it with a Transformers (the Movie) wallpaper. The little sun thing is the current weather forecast and it will also do caller id, and other things like icons for sms and emails.

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hi all! I just celebrated my nephew's 3rd birthday on wednesday and thought i'd share a few snaps!

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lol - it was looking so couth and cultured with the fork an' all... and then 'natural instincts' took over and it was every 'man' for himself.

Delightful shots.

-Pleiades- wrote in post #3618663
I can't wait to tell them what to do with their job.

I dream of this moment too I'm just too lazy to do anything about it.

::John:: wrote in post #3622853
lol - it was looking so couth and cultured with the fork an' all... and then 'natural instincts' took over and it was every 'man' for himself.

I thought the same thing: Well isn't he a well mannered young chap ... wait a minute!

heh great shots David.... looks a little ratbag huh ? heheh

y'know - Davids mum has possibly got some shots just like that, too, but taken a bit longer ago than last week...

I only mention it because my wife thought she could see a resemblance between 'the nephew' and 3 (in his avatar).

-Pleiades- wrote in post #3618663
I can't wait to tell them what to do with their job.

Nick C. wrote in post #3622897
I dream of this moment too I'm just too lazy to do anything about it.

haha I did it, but I was a tad more diplomatic. Unfortunately I'm planning on transfering to another Woolworths Ltd company (probs Tandy or Dick Smith Electronics) this time around, so I might not get a chance.

::John:: wrote in post #3622982
...my wife thought she could see a resemblance between 'the nephew' and 3 (in his avatar).

Now that you mention it, so can I.

here's one of "time for ni nis"

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dawwwwwwww... gotta admit... he's pretty cute