Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (3)

well, ive officially been up since 4am
sucks when u wake up and cant get back to sleep
what a beautiful day though

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4612966
righto back from an evening with our newbie in chch Sanchos. Very nice chap..

*BLUSH* thanks man... not so bad yaself

Yeah, I have no freakin idea whats going on with my lens/camera/me. It can't be the lens as we have proved that here, it cant be the camera as other lenses are fine and it cant be me as i am getting ok results with others lenses. Think there must be a combo going on, I will have a play and take it out and about under different conditions, might take it to Orana park this weekend, thats always good for colour/sharpness and focusing testing.

Wasn't that insane, never seen anything like it ... anyway was great meeting you Chris, definately keen to stay in touch and go shooting etc

Monday anytime and tuesday anytime untill 10pm are best for me for future reference, although I do have 3 weeks holidays coming up

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4612994
funny thing is the 400d produced the same results too. - i am thinking there must have been something on the contacts. As i cant see it being user error 100 % of the time.

hopefully its an issue that has been resovled. If not further testing. Like lending him my 70 - 200 for a day to see what happens.

Sounds like a great idea kind sir. I will take it out this weekend, hopefully to Orana park and have a play, will let you know how I get on.

just to make it a hat trick... does anyone have a spare Canon Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3
or know where I may be able to pick one up at a good price? More than happy to grab a used one..

(Chris, the next time you are in P&V would you mind getting a price for one? If its under $100 I'll grab it)

Time to measure up guys

http://wwwu.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/amiklaut/dr_​nick/answer19.htm

No wonder there are so many unhappy woman out there

iKirst wrote in post #4612772
Oh, may I borrow!
I am working out Halfmoon Bay tomorrow.

Tony - 6am just freaks me out

Will txt you.

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4612966
righto back from an evening with our newbie in chch Sanchos. Very nice chap..
Anyways lens testing.. both on my 40d. Images resized and usm ran through once on the same setting..

his new 70 - 200


my 70 - 200


we also saw the most unusual set set..... pics later...

Looks like calibration at Canon will be needed... The pics don't look bad when the combo works....

Nzshrimper wrote in post #4613000
and tonights sunset..

Very nice!

dgcorner wrote in post #4611094
Now, that picture I like! A shame that Matt is away fro the holidays... he probably would've wet his pants again:p

Thanks John

dgcorner wrote in post #4616069
Looks like calibration at Canon will be needed... The pics don't look bad when the combo works....

Can you explain more please? Is this calibrating my body to the lens or something? If so what is involved, will they have my gear for 6 weeks and invoice me a few hundy? Havn't heard great things about Canon NZ unfortunately.

weka2000 wrote in post #4616038
Time to measure up guys

http://wwwu.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/amiklaut/dr_​nick/answer19.htm

No wonder there are so many unhappy woman out there

you should know it's not the size that counts, it's how it's used that matters.

good to see that I am in the 0.1 percent of that servey

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4616253
you should know it's not the size that counts, it's how it's used that matters.

good to see that I am in the 0.1 percent of that servey

Size matters and if a woman says it dosnt she is trying not to hurt your ego

Sancho wrote in post #4616245
Can you explain more please? Is this calibrating my body to the lens or something? If so what is involved, will they have my gear for 6 weeks and invoice me a few hundy? Havn't heard great things about Canon NZ unfortunately.

I don't see where this calibration comment came from. From what Chris said, the tests last night showed that there wasn't a problem, currently, with the setup and that maybe there was a bad contact or the like.

From that I saw that you (Sancho) were going to test it further this weekend.

John (DGCorner), where is the calibration needed?

weka2000 wrote in post #4616269
Size matters and if a woman says it dosnt she is trying not to hurt your ego

yes and no. a couple of women that I have talked to have said that up to a point size does matter, but if he can't use it then it's mute point.

::John:: wrote in post #4616314
I don't see where this calibration comment came from. From what Chris said, the tests last night showed that there wasn't a problem, currently, with the setup and that maybe there was a bad contact or the like.

From that I saw that you (Sancho) were going to test it further this weekend.

John (DGCorner), where is the calibration needed?

I tried to find the post about what the issue is, can someone full me in.

to me it sounds like an issue with the person behind the camera.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4616425
I tried to find the post about what the issue is, can someone full me in.

to me it sounds like an issue with the person behind the camera.

Possibly, possibly not.

Sancho bought a lens from someone in Lincoln. He was having picture quality issues with it.

Chris went around to his place and helped him test it - against Chris' 40D and with Chris' 70-200.

The result appears to be that the lens seems OK.

One of Sanchos pictures was originally posted - where he was using th 2x teleconverter on that lens - it certainly didn't help the pic IQ, as we would expect - but Sancho is learning this stuff - so, all in all, it has been a good learning experience for him - and a great mentoring opportunity for Chris.

::John:: wrote in post #4616510
Possibly, possibly not.

Sancho bought a lens from someone in Lincoln. He was having picture quality issues with it.

Chris went around to his place and helped him test it - against Chris' 40D and with Chris' 70-200.

The result appears to be that the lens seems OK.

One of Sanchos pictures was originally posted - where he was using th 2x teleconverter on that lens - it certainly didn't help the pic IQ, as we would expect - but Sancho is learning this stuff - so, all in all, it has been a good learning experience for him - and a great mentoring opportunity for Chris.

oh ok, that makes more sense. I would recommend testing the lens with out the 2x adpator and going from there. if it works fine then perhaps there is something wrong with the combo of the 2x and the lens.

but there is always a learning curve, esp when new to photography. making sure that one uses the equipment correctly is a must.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4616253
good to see that I am in the 0.1 percent of that servey

So that would make you the biggest dick here then

Oh Mark you comming to the Falls?