Brisbane POTN: General Ramblings Thread v2.0

-spam- wrote in post #4144444
And then im the one that has to provide the copy of the payslip and a record of the money that went into my account. So ive got to go to all the trouble when they were the ones that screwed up

Yep - that's the way it goes. Wrong, but that's life. At least they'll prolly (eventually) fix it tho - some employers would deny all knowledge.

willstar wrote in post #4144453
He's gone off line.

He mentioned to me the other day that with a zoom lens, that runs 18-55, with f stop from 4-5.6, (or whatever the numbers are) when you're at 18 the f stop is at 4 minimum. When you zoom out, f stop increases to 5.6 minimum, and what should happen when you zoom back in the f stop returns to 4. His lens that he had doesn't do that, so he needs to remember to manually stop back when zooming back. (Got all that?!?! :confused He has got caught out a coupla times with this.

I checked mine and it stopped out then back automatically when zooming in and out. But it may come down to settings - AV, M etc and the particular lens.

Im pretty darn sure that none of my variable aperture zooms go back to wide open when i zoom out if thats what i had it set to.

Will go and check though.

-spam- wrote in post #4144486
Im pretty darn sure that none of my variable aperture zooms go back to wide open when i zoom out if thats what i had it set to.

Will go and check though.

I only looked at the 18-55. Will have a butchers at the others, tho, as I'm more likely to get caught out, being a novice.

-spam- wrote in post #4144486
Im pretty darn sure that none of my variable aperture zooms go back to wide open when i zoom out if thats what i had it set to.

Will go and check though.

Well it shows how much notice i take of what my lens/camera is doing. Both the 10-20 and the 75-300 return to wide open when i zoom out in both M and Av modes. Sometimes had to half press the shutter button to make it register it on the screen though

-spam- wrote in post #4144517
Well it shows how much notice i take of what my lens/camera is doing. Both the 10-20 and the 75-300 return to wide open when i zoom out in both M and Av modes. Sometimes had to half press the shutter button to make it register it on the screen though

There you go - a trap for new players. And old, it seems!

-spam- wrote in post #4144444
And then im the one that has to provide the copy of the payslip and a record of the money that went into my account. So ive got to go to all the trouble when they were the ones that screwed up

That's a bit of a hassle. If we find any discrepancies in our payslips we simply let the payroll officer in our store know and she just back-pays the difference the following week.

sometimes my kit lens returns to wide open, and sometimes it doesn't.

willstar wrote in post #4144254
I'm mainly AV too, sometimes M. Sometimes use P, never Green Box (yet). Will have to read about that setting!

I'll have another look and play with different lenses and settings.

asxu wrote in post #4144261
i'm confused feng - mind explaining what you're talking about?

willstar wrote in post #4144453
He's gone off line.

He mentioned to me the other day that with a zoom lens, that runs 18-55, with f stop from 4-5.6, (or whatever the numbers are) when you're at 18 the f stop is at 4 minimum. When you zoom out, f stop increases to 5.6 minimum, and what should happen when you zoom back in the f stop returns to 4. His lens that he had doesn't do that, so he needs to remember to manually stop back when zooming back. (Got all that?!?! :confused He has got caught out a coupla times with this.

I checked mine and it stopped out then back automatically when zooming in and out. But it may come down to settings - AV, M etc and the particular lens.

-spam- wrote in post #4144517
Well it shows how much notice i take of what my lens/camera is doing. Both the 10-20 and the 75-300 return to wide open when i zoom out in both M and Av modes. Sometimes had to half press the shutter button to make it register it on the screen though

asxu wrote in post #4144649
sometimes my kit lens returns to wide open, and sometimes it doesn't.

mmm i think it may be the half shutter press... either way it s**ts me HAHAHA...

I've never been caught out... but dunno... maybe I have a nobby kit lens like Tim..

I'll recheck it when I get home, but I'm pretty sure my 17-85 never returned... I could be full of crap though and we'd have to wait for David to return.

I'll confirm again when I get home. Ever since I sold the 17-85 and 30D I haven't had any other variable aperture lenses.

My kit lens does it fine

Maybe it's because you guys don't give your kit lenses enough love and attention, and it gets jealous of your various other lenses and as such just doesn't want to work for you....?

wakko wrote in post #4144990
I'll confirm again when I get home. Ever since I sold the 17-85 and 30D I haven't had any other variable aperture lenses.

wish i could say this for myself.

Well i didnt end up getting another memory card in town today, i refuse to pay what even JB is charging for their stuff ($132 for a 4gig UltraII)

So, should i just be selective tomorrow and shoot RAW and pray i dont fill my 5gig of cards or should i just shoot JPEG and not worry about running out of space?

wakko wrote in post #4144990
mmm i think it may be the half shutter press... either way it s**ts me HAHAHA...

I've never been caught out... but dunno... maybe I have a nobby kit lens like Tim..

I'll recheck it when I get home, but I'm pretty sure my 17-85 never returned... I could be full of crap though and we'd have to wait for David to return.

I'll confirm again when I get home. Ever since I sold the 17-85 and 30D I haven't had any other variable aperture lenses.

Nah - I can confirm that you're not full of crap! I'll check out the 17-85 this a'noon when I get home (soon I hope ) assuming Aust Post has delivered. I only checked my 18-55 at the time.

leitch wrote in post #4145025
My kit lens does it fine

Maybe it's because you guys don't give your kit lenses enough love and attention, and it gets jealous of your various other lenses and as such just doesn't want to work for you....?

What the? Did you get a head knock?

-spam- wrote in post #4145092
Well i didnt end up getting another memory card in town today, i refuse to pay what even JB is charging for their stuff ($132 for a 4gig UltraII)

So, should i just be selective tomorrow and shoot RAW and pray i dont fill my 5gig of cards or should i just shoot JPEG and not worry about running out of space?

Too late now, but I paid $160 for 8GB Extreme IV (apparently 40mbps) ordered from O/S - and genuine. Five gig is still 500 pictures, assuming 10mb?

Not so much selective, just might need some shuffling during the day.

No pressure, but we're all expecting some great shots, esp with the nice glass you've got yourself

leitch wrote in post #4145025
My kit lens does it fine

Maybe it's because you guys don't give your kit lenses enough love and attention, and it gets jealous of your various other lenses and as such just doesn't want to work for you....?

I only just got my kit lens LOL! shuush!

I haven't had the 17-85 since er... March? or something... and haven't used it since... er... January cos I got the 24-70 so honestly have no idea... just remembered that that was one thing that used to crap me....

-spam- wrote in post #4145092
Well i didnt end up getting another memory card in town today, i refuse to pay what even JB is charging for their stuff ($132 for a 4gig UltraII)

You should've just told me to order... they ship for me overnight... I ordered a 2G Ultra II SD card for a friend yesterday for a IXUS and I got it this morning.

/me smacks Spammy.

-spam- wrote in post #4145092
Well i didnt end up getting another memory card in town today, i refuse to pay what even JB is charging for their stuff ($132 for a 4gig UltraII)

So, should i just be selective tomorrow and shoot RAW and pray i dont fill my 5gig of cards or should i just shoot JPEG and not worry about running out of space?

Tell me about it - I ordered a new 4gb Extreme IV saturday night and it damm well better arrive at work tomorrow otherwise I will throttle them.

My new batteries arrived on Tuesday.

Feng - will you be home tonight? I want to steal Jessica.

HelenThura wrote in post #4145257
Feng - will you be home tonight? I want to steal Jessica.

where are you stealing her to, and why?

should be home...