Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (2)

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4085057
yep the twin hairdryer version - still sucked.. felt like a wet weekend in bognor( palmerston north is the nz equal) ... !!

fast it was - but then again so would be my driving license as it was handed to the nice officer...

You must have got a sloppy version, or one in need of new suspension.

Keep looking, there is plenty out in that price range, especialy if you start looking at Used imports.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4085127
really!

well isn't it about time you become your own boss?

Its in the long term plan. There is a time for everything and I will know when that time is. Untill then the princapal is welcome to tell me what to do.

Oh hows the job hunting going? Hows the 40D?

weka2000 wrote in post #4085119
Yeah right ....... We have a very simple understanding with each other "if you dont like the way things are, theres the front door"

We learnt very early on that we were not going to be able to change the other. We are both very stubborn and when toes get dug in there aint no way either will move.
You think I have attitude ............ cross my wife and she will make me look like a kiten.

Sorry Tony, was just a windup. Picked the wrong day to do that obviously.

low orbit wrote in post #4085154
Sorry Tony, was just a windup. Picked the wrong day to do that obviously.

Thats cool, you will know when Im pi$$ed

weka2000 wrote in post #4085137
Its in the long term plan. There is a time for everything and I will know when that time is. Untill then the princapal is welcome to tell me what to do.

Oh hows the job hunting going? Hows the 40D?

well the job hunting is on hold until I hear about 2 jobs. the 40D hasn't been touched since the start of the month.

weka2000 wrote in post #4085159
Thats cool, you will know when Im pi$$ed

Cheers

low orbit wrote in post #4085154
Sorry Tony, was just a windup. Picked the wrong day to do that obviously.

he's thick skinned keep doing it

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4085175
he's thick skinned keep doing it

Yeah I'll wait until you lot get to know me a bit better before I start doing that

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4085062
for a minute there I thought you were hiding something

Maybe I am

lil_miss wrote in post #4085073
You cannot direct kids The more you try - the harder it will get. Just let them do what they do best and take photos of it....

^What she said

weka2000 wrote in post #4085080
EDIT: In very fiesty mood today.

So consider ourselves warned?

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4085089
i would rather walk.....

My bad. Umm.. Family wagon, yes? I heard you all discussed Mondeo's.. Perhaps a Stagea, or even a Subaru Legacy?

somethingsimple wrote in post #4085097
OOH OOH MEE MEE pick MEE lol

Excitable lass

weka2000 wrote in post #4085159
Thats cool, you will know when Im pi$$ed

Aint that the truth, haha

somethingsimple wrote in post #4083187
lol mine is a combination of yours and med's LOL

well i've just dumped all 10gb of wedding files onto my hdd...
thats gonna take a while to deal with

40d initial report: learning curve steep and short, overall handling excellent, images fine and low grain even at high iso, extreme low light focusing excellent, weight about 2x 350d LOLspecially with 17-55 attached, shutter sound reminds me of luxury car door closing for some reason

Good comparison. I like the sound too.
I'm learning the handling too. It's easy, just remembering which wheel to turn to change the setting you want will take a while. On the 350D it was easy.. there was only 1.

somethingsimple wrote in post #4083830
ok heres something for meditation: he asked for a screen & size comparison so here's the 350d vs 40d.

Excellent comparison picture.
The 40D is definitely Big Brother

joeseph wrote in post #4084913
ah - the old "they're all the same" mistake eh? nope, doesn't work like that.
Some kids will be really easy to take photo's of (I've got one of those ) and others will absolutely hate it. Some will sit & play with something for hours while others will be bored silly after 6.2 seconds. Some can do as they're told, while others...

My two boys aren't bad except my youngest pulls a stupid face every time he sees the camerapointed at him.
Recently I photographed a child where the parents said they didnt have any good pictures as she always pulled faces. So I said to her to pull as many stupid faces as she could, and after about 10 face changes I got some beautiful natural shots.

weka2000 wrote in post #4085119
Yeah right ....... We have a very simple understanding with each other "if you dont like the way things are, theres the front door"

We learnt very early on that we were not going to be able to change the other. We are both very stubborn and when toes get dug in there aint no way either will move.
You think I have attitude ............ cross my wife and she will make me look like a kiten.

So a catfight in your house can get dangerous.

focus testing body #2 - whatcha think?

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Duncan thats in focus ....well we assume it was the bird

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4085175
he's thick skinned keep doing it

Yeah bring it on .... I have a long memory

akiwi wrote in post #4085194
So a catfight in your house can get dangerous.

You have seen those fights with ball and chain. The armor and sheild. One has a swing then the other ............ its like that.

In the end we just tier, or the other pulls out a gun and puts a bullet between the eyes

I love been married

akiwi wrote in post #4085194
Good comparison. I like the sound too.
I'm learning the handling too. It's easy, just remembering which wheel to turn to change the setting you want will take a while. On the 350D it was easy.. there was only 1.

Excellent comparison picture.
The 40D is definitely Big Brother

My two boys aren't bad except my youngest pulls a stupid face every time he sees the camerapointed at him.
Recently I photographed a child where the parents said they didnt have any good pictures as she always pulled faces. So I said to her to pull as many stupid faces as she could, and after about 10 face changes I got some beautiful natural shots.

wow thats a really really good idea, im going to totally remember that one.
my method for getting around the child who pulls stupid faces has been to ignore them and then get the long lens and shoot from across the room when theyve forgotten im there... prolly not so easy to do in a studio setting lol

joeseph wrote in post #4085195
focus testing body #2 - whatcha think?

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looks fine to me - im glad my new gear doesnt have any obvious defects like that... specially since i was at a wedding using it LOL

Ok Question about exposure compensation on the 40D.
Whenever I try to change the exposure compensation .

.... <Plays with camera & answers own question>
Oh ****. RTFM!I was getting confused with exposure compensation. Whenever I changed it, as soon as I pressed the shutter, it jumped back to 0.
I just found out .. I was changing the FEL (Flash Exposure Level) not the camera level.
I fiddled with the big wheel at the back & now know how it works !

Yesterday I was at a BMX race & played with the camera. Man it focuses faster than the 350D.
I need to do some tests, but up till now I am not blown away with the image quality. May need to do some formal testing. Just seems that I have trouble getting the right focus point. Might be a learning curve thing.