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

Primm wrote in post #5707330
Oh, and in case anyone's interested, the World Press Photo Exhibition started today at the Powerhouse. Free entry, on until 30th June.

New Farm Park meet, anyone?

hell yeah!
I had that marked in my diary too

Primm wrote in post #5707415
Sunday 22nd works for me. Or this Sunday 15th - I'm working a night duty, but can be out during the day.

Anyone else?

Well the 22nd is out for me as I have a model shoot on that day, but the 15th works

shayb wrote in post #5707470
Just a recommendation here for ACCURATE INSTRUMENT SERVICING on the north side, who were able to repair my 24-70 in less than half the time that canon said it would take them, and did it under warranty to boot. they also do a same day sensor clean too if you want to get it done professionally And if you're reading this, thanks very much Peter.

Ah cool, I've been thinking of getting the door latch on my EOS 50 repaired, might be the go.

Cor that's a nice shot love the bokeh to boot. I really enjoy taking images of birds, but sadly the blighters seem to run the other way when they see me (feathered kind I'm talking about here).

Dave

DAdeGroot wrote in post #5706109
Well I got new boots today

So feeling the need to test them out, I wandered down the drive to get the mail, armed with the 70-200 and 1.4x TC and tripod (because you know, there might be something interesting down there).

Since I was at the bottom of the driveway, and equipped (how lucky was that?), I decided to wander a bit further and camp out for some birds.

After a 10-15 minute wait, I was rewarded by a Grey Fantail landing directly in front of me on the fence.

-spam- wrote in post #5705091
I had exactly the same thought come to me in the last 5 minutes of the game, given that there was something about the NRL warning Sydney that the next few origin games there had to pull big crowds. Tony Archer didnt help our cause though, he should have gotten man of the match for QLD...

yep...sus...that said, NSW played like a bunch of blind, deaf and dumb 6 year olds imho, made me ashamed to be a proud of being a new south welshman.

Dave

dpastern wrote in post #5707902
Cor that's a nice shot love the bokeh to boot. I really enjoy taking images of birds, but sadly the blighters seem to run the other way when they see me (feathered kind I'm talking about here).

They run away from me too - but I think I've cracked it now - stand off for a while and see where they flutter to, wait until they flutter way, move in close and setup your tripod, etc, get comfortable, now wait (and wait and wait) and eventually they come back and there you have it

leitch wrote in post #5707304
Picked up my ticket today... getting close!!!

20,000 bags! wow

If any of the 350/400D users are looking for a battery grip for their camera body, I'm selling mine for $150 + $5 postage (if you need it, obviously - pickup welcome). Let me know if you're interested!

leitch wrote in post #5710758
If any of the 350/400D users are looking for a battery grip for their camera body, I'm selling mine for $150 + $5 postage (if you need it, obviously - pickup welcome). Let me know if you're interested!

Hmmm... flash + triggers or a grip... I may have to think about that.

Id like to take this opportunity to thank microshaft for breaking my computer. That update last night has gone and made it not recognise any of my network drivers and now it blue screens whenever I try and change something network related or turn on the wireless.

Now I have to do a restore

At least I had my photos on the other partition...

-spam- wrote in post #5711415
Id like to take this opportunity to thank microshaft for breaking my computer. That update last night has gone and made it not recognise any of my network drivers and now it blue screens whenever I try and change something network related or turn on the wireless.

Now I have to do a restore

At least I had my photos on the other partition...

Told you at the time you should have bought a Mac

Trumples wrote in post #5711435
Told you at the time you should have bought a Mac

damn, beaten to the punch

-spam- wrote in post #5711415
Id like to take this opportunity to thank microshaft for breaking my computer. That update last night has gone and made it not recognise any of my network drivers and now it blue screens whenever I try and change something network related or turn on the wireless.

Now I have to do a restore

At least I had my photos on the other partition...

HAH one of my friend's PCs stuffed up too... but worse than yours

what about just reinstalling the wireless?

I always wait a cycle of updates before installing

I presume that you are using Windows XP and have updated to SP3? There are known issues with sp3 breaking things, badly. I tried a RC upate about 4 months ago and it turned my PC into a p.o.s - that took 10-15 minutes to boot! Removal of aforementioned SP3 fixed the issue. I will not be updating to it, my system is already up to date with patches, so has no need for SP3.

As to the "buy a mac" - leopard has had a host of issues itself, so Apple is not immune to these sorts of problems. All software will potentially have issues, it's the nature of the game.

You could always try Ubuntu

Dave

-spam- wrote in post #5711415
Id like to take this opportunity to thank microshaft for breaking my computer. That update last night has gone and made it not recognise any of my network drivers and now it blue screens whenever I try and change something network related or turn on the wireless.

Now I have to do a restore

At least I had my photos on the other partition...

attn: wakko, spam, willstar, gebuz

Your Pelican CF memory card cases have just arrived.

How are we going to do this I wonder.....

Trumples wrote in post #5712309
attn: wakko, spam, willstar, gebuz

Your Pelican CF memory card cases have just arrived.

How are we going to do this I wonder.....

Choice

um... dunno somehow...

wanna PM me your bank details, and I'll pay you the moolah... how much did it cost in the end?