Brisbane POTN Coffee Club (3) - Everything From Shutters to Cuppas

Greg_C wrote in post #4946320
Which one??? Been thinking about this myself.

Greg. We sharpen all our knives (except my Shuns) with one of THESE

It's an excellent electric sharpener and it comes from a local Brissy boy, so no warranty problems.

I sharpen the Shuns with a set of three whetstones...it takes a while though.

Meaty0 wrote in post #4946457
Hmmm....funny....I have a Mundial which won't keep its edge...grrrrrr. And my daughter's set of Furi's don't stain at all and stay pretty sharp (but they are HORRIBLE to hold).

My favourite knives are my lovely Shun Chefs Granton Knives with damascus steel. They're wicked sharp and could split the atom

Mmmm they looked good too... I like Wustof but they're too exy someone give me more money

Greg_C wrote in post #4946483
Thanks Jim.

Here's an example of the 180 as a Portrait lens. Canon 180mm 1/400 s at F 4.50 with ISO 100

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Meaty0 wrote in post #4946516
Greg. We sharpen all our knives (except my Shuns) with one of THESE

It's an excellent electric sharpener and it comes from a local Brissy boy, so no warranty problems.

I sharpen the Shuns with a set of three whetstones...it takes a while though.

woah you guys love your knives eh?

how much is the sharpener?

Meaty0 wrote in post #4946516
Greg. We sharpen all our knives (except my Shuns) with one of THESE

It's an excellent electric sharpener and it comes from a local Brissy boy, so no warranty problems.

I sharpen the Shuns with a set of three whetstones...it takes a while though.

Thanks, I'll look into one.

wakko wrote in post #4946530
Mmmm they looked good too... I like Wustof but they're too exy someone give me more money
I hate you

hehehe, probably can't get quite as shallow DoF as the 85 but I think the longer focal length compresses the background more to make it look super smooth. That was one of the first things I noticed when I first started using it.

Gotta bolt for 5min and pick up Morgan from school.. back soon.

Meaty0 wrote in post #4946457
My favourite knives are my lovely Shun Chefs Granton Knives with damascus steel. They're wicked sharp and could split the atom

*droool*

I use Victorinox, and they're quite nice to hold, but don't keep an edge as well as I'd like. For sharpening I use a steel, but would love a good set of stones.

luke001 wrote in post #4944593
Do any of you guys own the Sigma 10-20mm lens?

Yep! Love it to bits. The distortion at 10mm is great fun and when you get used to it you can really use it to your advantage.

Ospi wrote in post #4945410
If you buy from B&H or Adorama i think you are fine to send it there also, i made the mistake of buying my sigma lenses from DigitalRev so i have to pay to get them claibrated or repaired.

Lucky I bought my Siggy from CameraHouse up here - it's focussing seems to be a little inconsistent unfortunately.. At the moment I can deal with it no worries but if it gets worse I might send it off for calibration.. I'll have to check it out on another body, though - just make sure it's not the 350D AF system starting to crap out...

Jim G wrote in post #4946449
Just as a curious point... I kept on hearing conflicting stories about lens warranties re: grey market/US import lenses and Canon Australia not recognising them...

I just called them and any lens bought anywhere in the world will be warrantied by Canon Australia within the warranty period. People kept on telling me it was either L lenses alone that this applied to or that it applied to none of them but now I know!

Just thought I'd share that... this is probably one of those things that everyone already knows and I'm coming in late but I was happy to find out for sure

Jim, that's good to hear. I bought my 24-70 (and my 70-200) from DDP so they're grey market.. My 24-70 seems to be front focussing a bit (mainly wide open, though, so it might just be an issue of user error) so I might send it to be touched up just to take advantage of the warranty work Just hope they don't look at the dent in the filter thread and do the old "not warranty - it's been abused" trick! However, same goes for the 24-70 as for the siggy. Not going to do anything 'til I've had the chance to test it on another body.

Greg_C wrote in post #4946483
Here's an example of the 180 as a Portrait lens. Canon 180mm 1/400 s at F 4.50 with ISO 100

Lovely shot, greg. Really nice bokeh in that.

Meaty0 wrote in post #4946516
Greg. We sharpen all our knives (except my Shuns) with one of THESE

It's an excellent electric sharpener and it comes from a local Brissy boy, so no warranty problems.

I sharpen the Shuns with a set of three whetstones...it takes a while though.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Thats my one, got it last year at the Food and Wine Show!!!!!!!!!

I am so impressed with it and it saves me trying to use a steel as being a lefty I can't use a steel to save myself

You know, you sure have racked up quite a few posts worth of innane posts since I was last in. I've changed from 25 to 15 posts per page so it's (a bit) worse now.

Catch-up time. Pity I can't even quote what was said on the old thread since I last posted.

Dave (9075, old thread) - I have shot T-max with the 12-24. There is a graveyard between Helen's place and the nearest main road, so I took a few there, and in town I took a couple more to continue this series I've had going for a while. But now I'm saving it for the BCG meet.

Paul (9103) - Perhaps you could buy a 16-35 or a 12-24 to fill that space?

Kinnon (9118 ) - I want a Wii too. Don't think it'd get much use, though.

Andrew (Leitch) - So? Wouldn't posting more mean you have less of a life? haha jks.

Carjo wrote in post #4946691
You know, you sure have racked up quite a few posts worth of innane posts since I was last in. I've changed from 25 to 15 posts per page so it's (a bit) worse now.

I was always on whatever the default is... i get a bit lost when the page length is too long

-spam- wrote in post #4940275
If i had a laptop with a decent battery, i could keep posting from my lectures

Most lecture halls at QUT have power outlets in them, so you could run it off that. Limits where you can sit, but I have a ****ty battery too and it works.

-Pleiades- wrote in post #4940350
Ahhhk, could be an idea for the next meet. Sat 15th, Lismore shopping square.....photos of me getting my head shaved!

That would be an idea.

Ospi wrote in post #4940405
letterman kinda fails in the laughs department

I find it usually depends who he has on. Although I do agree that some knowledge of US sports, politics and things like that would help.

asxu wrote in post #4940418
i forget which page i left of in thread 2 (was it thread 2?) but i'm kind of back. my car (the pulsar) is pretty much stuffed...

<snip>

so pretty much all spending for the camera is on halt now, which kind of sucks. i do plan to make do with what i have though, hopefully going out with a mate who is interested in photography on thursday to take some sunrise shots. i am not sure where to go though, any suggestions?

Welcome back, Tim. Shame about the car.

leitch wrote in post #4940425
Don't you mean make do with what I have?

As for sunrises... Sandgate maybe?

Sandgate is good for sunrises, particularly with the jetty and all.

asxu wrote in post #4940442
yeah, that's true..

i love you andrew.

leitch wrote in post #4940455
Not here, Tim!

haha... get a room! lol.

HelenThura wrote in post #4942671
Anyone looked at the Aussie dollar this morning 91.33

*puts fingers in ears* la la la la la lala la la la la... I'm too poor.

wakko wrote in post #4945665
LOL! it's 'manual' zoom... press button, twist, pull off, put on new lens... you've zoomed from 35mm to 135

I believe that foot zoom is also handy.

wakko wrote in post #4946716
I was always on whatever the default is... i get a bit lost when the page length is too long

deviantART's default is 25, but now when people say "x pages ago" it'll mean the same for me as it does them.

Now I must bid you farewell, as I have a BCG meeting to get to at some point.

Don't talk too much while I'm gone.

Carjo wrote in post #4946731
deviantART's default is 25, but now when people say "x pages ago" it'll mean the same for me as it does them.

hahah yeah *sigh*... I just dont' change anything from default it's easier

Didn't go to cedar creen because of the rain but walked the massive 20m to my creek instead. Installed lightroom again and had a play, it certainly does have its advantages over adobe raw, presets are cool. Also where can i resize the image in LR and have the option to keep correct proportions etc?

Anyway here's a pic i took, just playing with some presets and stuff.

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