POTN Aussie Club #3: This one's going straight to the pool room.

Nice rig.

On a side note: you have exactly the same Officeworks desk as me

linarms wrote in post #6055154
Nice rig.

On a side note: you have exactly the same Officeworks desk as me

Really? Good desk, innit! I picked mine up secondhand, though, had no idea it came from Officeworks

Jim G wrote in post #6055005

I spy an xkcd strip

DAdeGroot wrote in post #6055167
I spy an xkcd strip

Heh, yeah... they were the first things I printed out when I got a printer, actually

Backflipboy wrote in post #6049395
Was it someone called Maja? I was also thinking of asking if she would prefer another shot because the one I took was a spur of the moment thing and I was in a hurry to get home.

I guess asking for a free book wouldn't be out of the question...

It would seem a free book is all they're offering.

Somehow, I'm not that interested any more

Damn Australia Post! Was just sitting at my desk and heard what sounded like a small car crash out the front.... no.... turns out the guy thought he'd just lob my charger and eneloops over the 6'10" fence onto the deck... idiot

But thanks Clarence! They are here (and thankfully look unharmed)

Banno wrote in post #6055314
Damn Australia Post! Was just sitting at my desk and heard what sounded like a small car crash out the front.... no.... turns out the guy thought he'd just lob my charger and eneloops over the 6'10" fence onto the deck... idiot

But thanks Clarence! They are here (and thankfully look unharmed)

Can you call up Australia Post and lodge a complaint at the deliveryperson?

Banno wrote in post #6055314
Damn Australia Post! Was just sitting at my desk and heard what sounded like a small car crash out the front.... no.... turns out the guy thought he'd just lob my charger and eneloops over the 6'10" fence onto the deck... idiot

But thanks Clarence! They are here (and thankfully look unharmed)

Hrm. Lucky you didn't order a lens or anything.

That's pretty bad Banno.

Obviously it was getting too late in the day for the poor guy

In other news, gotta love wireless broadband.

I'm sitting in a doctor's waiting room, unseparated from my beloved forums

Alright Angus (and anyone else who's interested in AS plates and L-plates)... here's some piccies:

Markins Arca-Swiss plate for 20D:

Edit: Too many photos, I turned them into links so the thread would look less cluttered:


1D L-plate:

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …38009066_9913d2​7ea1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …38008898_c9e139​0e37_o.jpg


Looks huge off-camera but once you've attached it it doesn't add that much bulk and only ~180g...

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …38009240_102f37​5571_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …37173943_3938b8​818f_o.jpg


Using the vertical slot:

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …37174653_a39887​5bd1_o.jpg


Very secure - my heaviest lens and camera hanging off it without the slightest bit of slip:

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …37174089_c2893a​cd61_o.jpg

As far as the locking pin goes it clicks into either of the circular holes on the bottom of the 20D one and stops that from moving should you slide the plate sideways.. for the L-plate it just stops against the inside of the curved end pieces.

Feng got the card today thanks mate

Sinkrate wrote in post #6053300
You're studying town planning? My brother does that too!

Yeah, its not too bad so far (only just started my second semester of first year). We just started doing a lot of the actual drawing, which would be good if i could actually draw

DAdeGroot wrote in post #6055167
I spy an xkcd strip

I spy two

-spam- wrote in post #6055436
I spy two

There's actually three, there's two on the right printed one on top of the other - "Dreams", "A-minus-minus" and "Braille".

Any benefit to the Markins setup over the Manfrotto apart from the ability to mount sideways? I would have thought the screw clamp would be a bit fiddly whereas with the Manfrotto QR system it's quick and simple lever action.