Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (3)

Happy New Year to all you chatter bugs! Geez, 6 pages X 50 posts...

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4605311
right i am off to tidy the garage.. arrange a garage sale.

Anyone need any kids gear PM...

girls stuff aged 0 - 6 available
boys stuff 0 - 3 available.

also baby - toddler hardware and toys.

most stuff near new - a lot of labels GAP etc.

Don't forget my memory!

weka2000 wrote in post #4605674
Chris it has begun

Trans-Alpine trip would be good! Took one from Chch to Hokitika -- fantastic views!

Potisdad wrote in post #4606032
"Voulez vous couchez avec moi".
Asking someone to sleep with you in another language is sexual harrassment apparently. Oh wait, it's just a song title!
But it gets better. The person who laid the complaint was NOT the person the comment was directed at..

Interesting... the person who complained may have been insulted that you didn't ask her:p

dgcorner wrote in post #4606141
Don't forget my memory!

nope i have not forgotten..

dgcorner wrote in post #4606141
Trans-Alpine trip would be good! Took one from Chch to Hokitika -- fantastic views!

erm its bit touristy. very good thou.. i think we want to into there. rather than viewing from the safety of a train....

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4606198
nope i have not forgotten..



erm its bit touristy. very good thou.. i think we want to into there. rather than viewing from the safety of a train....

Thanks... yep, a bit touristy... Any chance of following the route on the RAV?

dgcorner wrote in post #4606228
Thanks... yep, a bit touristy... Any chance of following the route on the RAV?

yep.... via Lewis and Arthur's pass..

Well, I only got out the shower about 30 mins ago. Rolled out of bed mid afternon. If anyone needs a recipe for lethal vodka smoothies, I'm your man. My head has only just stopped throbbing. 8)

manipula wrote in post #4606401
Well, I only got out the shower about 30 mins ago. Rolled out of bed mid afternon. If anyone needs a recipe for lethal vodka smoothies, I'm your man. My head has only just stopped throbbing. 8)

Why would we want a headache like that . The smoothies sound good, do I remember you said they were strawberry with vodka?

Yep strawberry, a it of banana, some special ingredients, vodka and ice cream! And tbh the headache is just me, I get a headache looking at vodka. The rest of them just 'enjoyed' the stuff then got up fairly OK.

Happy New Year's everyone... It isn't midnight yet on this side of the world so I'm still counting down.

manipula wrote in post #4606458
Yep strawberry, a it of banana, some special ingredients, vodka and ice cream! And tbh the headache is just me, I get a headache looking at vodka. The rest of them just 'enjoyed' the stuff then got up fairly OK.

Oh yummmmmm, sounds fantastic, I like Vodka and Sea Breezes are my fave (red grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, and Vodka, big time .

naqs wrote in post #4606491
Happy New Year's everyone... It isn't midnight yet on this side of the world so I'm still counting down.

Nathan, where on earth are you? Those co ordinates are meaningless

weka2000 wrote in post #4605810
Chris I only have 1 requirement for the trip.

To play in the snow. The rest will be a bonus. I did like tags "Ice" photos

Up the west coast in the glaciers. I think Shrimper got some goodies from there as well. It's a wicked trip round the SI and one I shall miss doing. Unless....I feel a plan hatching...'ROAD TRIP'.

Sancho wrote in post #4604639
I have tried a few different settings, shooting in raw, this was taken at iso100, f/6 and 1/200 using autofocus so to me it should be nice and sharp!

I have taken about 150 and none have come close to sharp.

The image below is a 100% crop and absolutely no PP and saved for web at 60% compression jpg, but hasnt altered too much at all, the muddy appearance was part of the image not .jpg compression.

The camera was tripod mounted and I had IS off for this. Body is 400D.

Oh, sorry, 1 thing to note is I did have my Jessop 2x extender on it for this shot, but the ones I took lastnight without the extender where very similar.

ANY input greatly appreciated.

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That would appear to be definitely not right. If you've got something you can think of that we can both shoot (road sign perhaps?), I'll post a pic taken with our sigma, which is supposed to be softer than the canon.

momentz wrote in post #4606606
That would appear to be definitely not right. If you've got something you can think of that we can both shoot (road sign perhaps?), I'll post a pic taken with our sigma, which is supposed to be softer than the canon.

i guess now we know why the lens had such a low reserve, i suspect the seller was aware of the issues and judged repair would cost too much?

wendyc wrote in post #4606551
Oh yummmmmm, sounds fantastic, I like Vodka and Sea Breezes are my fave (red grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, and Vodka, big time .

Nathan, where on earth are you? Those co ordinates are meaningless

The Co-Ordinates are actually for AKL but I'm in L.A. atm... I just got back from a 5 day road trip to Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Arizona Rock Crawling, Ensenada and also San Diego.

And I can tell ya it's pretty tiring, I think I'll wait till tomorrow to load up my shots, It's 11pm now Pacific Time and I just got in a few hours ago. It's pretty warm here also with a high of 22*c

anyway I hope all of you guys enjoyed your new years eve/morning

naqs wrote in post #4606625
The Co-Ordinates are actually for AKL but I'm in L.A. atm... I just got back from a 5 day road trip to Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Arizona Rock Crawling, Ensenada and also San Diego.

And I can tell ya it's pretty tiring, I think I'll wait till tomorrow to load up my shots, It's 11pm now Pacific Time and I just got in a few hours ago. It's pretty warm here also with a high of 22*c

anyway I hope all of you guys enjoyed your new years eve/morning

yea the 1st day of the year is over now. sun is starting to set and it's getting cooler.

somethingsimple wrote in post #4606618
i guess now we know why the lens had such a low reserve, i suspect the seller was aware of the issues and judged repair would cost too much?

Hmm, I seriously hope its not the lens, I'll be going back to him if it is. He told me it was in perfect condition. We'll find out tomorrow. I'll ask Nzshrimper to bring his and we'll shoot the same thing and compare.

Think its more the carpenter than the tools... hope so anyway.