Kiwi - GKPE - New and Improved General Ramblings (5)

weka2000 wrote in post #5973569
5D is1/200th
1D which version

1D MK2/3

Just realised about 75% of my photography uses off camera flash so I was wondering if there were other cameras that have much faster sync than 200 on my 40D

What about the d700 dave?

Although I shouldn't be looking at toys, 90% sure I am going to quit my job after todays discussions/events with my manager. this place is poison, would have been gone ages ago if it wasnt 3 days a week. Just got to see what other options i can do, turn up one of my other business options.

manipula wrote in post #5973609
Yay and nay. New kit lens is pretty cool, 450D even cooler. I hate to say it but I quite like it, not a lot it doesn't do really.

Functionally it was very easy to use, it was the ergonomics of the front grip I didn't like, it hold it you had to wrap your fingers around it, and it just didn't feel big enough for that to be comfortable.
Otherwise it is very similar to a high end compact, only it has an EF series lens mount and a proper view finder. I just wonder what it would have been like a with more compact style body, i.e. only a hint of a front grip so you hold it differently (more like you would hold an old Lecia).

Sancho wrote in post #5973756
Although I shouldn't be looking at toys, 90% sure I am going to quit my job after todays discussions/events with my manager. this place is poison, would have been gone ages ago if it wasnt 3 days a week. Just got to see what other options i can do, turn up one of my other business options.

Do you do web development or software?

We need some PHP and other open source developers.

Moppie wrote in post #5973753
So you'll be taking the bus to work on monday?

Is the T3/T4 bigger than the stock turbo?
It would certainly have room to run more boost if the rest of the system can keep up with it

nah, got the trusty charade for monday

It's a bit bigger than stock (which is huge for a stock turbo anway). Not looking to run anymore boost or anything. All I want is for it to be as good as the stock one (and look perdy), any performance gain is purely incidental.

iKirst wrote in post #5973045
Tough crowd
I guess it's deserved when I don't jump in the middle of a convo and flick my 2p into it

In other news, 2 months till Brissy, (though, I almost scammed a ticket to the Bledisloe this weekend.. ), 2 and a bit months till Paris, Rome and Tuscany. 11 months till the boat cruise around Spain and Greece, and a tad more till Hawaii.
(I'm so gonna have to eat all my words if it all turns to the proverbial custard)

And I just scored a 300k contract for work. W00t, at least when I leave, I go out with a bang

And still doing Architectural shooting, too

Hi Kirst. Sounds like you will be flitting all around me but not actually getting to Munich. Grrrr

somethingsimple wrote in post #5973741
aww someone parked their car right in front of your digger

Hahahahah Good one. (Or is it)

momentz wrote in post #5973787
nah, got the trusty charade for monday

It's a bit bigger than stock (which is huge for a stock turbo anway). Not looking to run anymore boost or anything. All I want is for it to be as good as the stock one (and look perdy), any performance gain is purely incidental.

Bit of bling bling. Not my world. If it goes & looks 1/2 ok then that's enough for me. Not enough $$ to throw at the car. Actually I need to spend some money on my house.. but can't afford it.

Moppie wrote in post #5973781
Do you do web development or software?

We need some PHP and other open source developers.

Front end web and graphic design. Programming is not my strong point, thanks for the thought though!

Sancho wrote in post #5973756
1D MK2/3

1D3 is 1/300

Sancho wrote in post #5973756
What about the d700 dave?

I dunno really. To me they are all just black boxes and all the same in many ways, but there's stuff about it that seems serious. Better built than a 5D, more illogically laid out but everything is available right away, instantly, and with more options. The prism and viewfinder are quite impressive, it handles well and fits your hand well, it's just a nice camera. I know it's supposed to be a D300 with a bigger chip but there are subtle differences on top of that and for me it seems to tip it over the edge. In comparison a 5D just seems like a tappy plastic toy with a gutsy sensor inside to compensate. I dunno what the images off a D700 are like, but if they're as good as a 5D or more, then it's just plain and simple, a better camera.

The SB900 seems equally so. Supplied filters in the box to alter colour balance for white balances, wider range of coverage to match the zoom lenses, no +/- buttons to up power and compensate, just a very well built turny wheel thing like on the back of new Ixus cameras. It's bigger than any other flash though. Oooh, it also apparently has a cut out which stops it firing before the flash has had time to recycle. Firmware updatable via D700/D3 too. Infinitely better flash than anything Canon do. (But then they always were.)

If you add to that the look of the new LX3 Panasonic compact which seems to answer the whole wish list for a G10 then Canon need to pull their finger out frankly.

God, I'll stop now, I actually sound like a gear nerd and I feel polluted. I shall talk about cars and breasts for the rest of the night to cleanse myself.

*I actually still really do care very little for the gear side of things, it's not what makes pictures*

manipula wrote in post #5973886
*I actually still really do care very little for the gear side of things, it's not what makes pictures*

Bit like fast car in the hands of someone who can't dive

manipula wrote in post #5973886
I shall talk about cars and breasts for the rest of the night to cleanse myself.

That's better. I have a car and the missus has breasts. I like photography forums...

tag141 wrote in post #5973941
That's better. I have a car and the missus has breasts. I like photography forums...

If your Chris, then you have both with out needing the missus.

manipula wrote in post #5973886
I dunno what the images off a D700 are like, but if they're as good as a 5D or more, then it's just plain and simple, a better camera.

At almost twice the price of a 5D it should be better!

Nikon are on a roll at the moment, it has to be said. If I were looking for a new body and didn't have a big investment in glass, I'd be seriously lookingat the dark side. But I'll have my 5D for another couple of years at least, hopefully canon will get off their backsides and do something interesting before then.

Moppie wrote in post #5973946
If your Chris, then you have both with out needing the missus.

but he has a womans car and man breasts. At least mine are a better way round.

...you have womanbreasts?

manipula wrote in post #5973886
I dunno really. To me they are all just black boxes and all the same in many ways, but there's stuff about it that seems serious. Better built than a 5D, more illogically laid out but everything is available right away, instantly, and with more options. The prism and viewfinder are quite impressive, it handles well and fits your hand well, it's just a nice camera. I know it's supposed to be a D300 with a bigger chip but there are subtle differences on top of that and for me it seems to tip it over the edge. In comparison a 5D just seems like a tappy plastic toy with a gutsy sensor inside to compensate. I dunno what the images off a D700 are like, but if they're as good as a 5D or more, then it's just plain and simple, a better camera.

The SB900 seems equally so. Supplied filters in the box to alter colour balance for white balances, wider range of coverage to match the zoom lenses, no +/- buttons to up power and compensate, just a very well built turny wheel thing like on the back of new Ixus cameras. It's bigger than any other flash though. Oooh, it also apparently has a cut out which stops it firing before the flash has had time to recycle. Firmware updatable via D700/D3 too. Infinitely better flash than anything Canon do. (But then they always were.)

If you add to that the look of the new LX3 Panasonic compact which seems to answer the whole wish list for a G10 then Canon need to pull their finger out frankly.

God, I'll stop now, I actually sound like a gear nerd and I feel polluted. I shall talk about cars and breasts for the rest of the night to cleanse myself.

*I actually still really do care very little for the gear side of things, it's not what makes pictures*

MmmMM sounds very nice, I'll also add the sb900 has a 20mm zoom range thats a feature I could use, just about get by without a snoot on that