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neil_r wrote in post #6230950
:o Hello, I am new here........ is it safe to come in

Do you have a visa?

Woolburr wrote in post #6230954
Do you have a visa?

so you want the 16 digit number the expiry date and the code off the back before I can post

neil_r wrote in post #6230978
so you want the 16 digit number the expiry date and the code off the back before I can post

You've been here before...

Woolburr wrote in post #6230768
Perhaps the 100-400 just requires some kind of magic touch to make it work.

That can't be it. Mine works.

Really sorry to hear that, Chief. Hope whatever it is gets figured out quickly.

And with that, I'm out. 'Night, all.

belmondo wrote in post #6230569
I've been gone all day, and I return to find I have a lot of reading to do. Thank you all for posting your thoughts about the question I raised yesterday.

No changes have been proposed nor are any being considered. Merging RRTP and TPBM is off the table for now. Hopefully the discussion has elevated everyone's awareness about how some people are made to feel when they wander into what is seemingly a closed discussion: I'm confident we'll be more sensitive to making sure we don't inadvertently hurt anyone's feelings in the future.

Now, for the good news....

I had a chance to take some photos today. In fact I took a lot of shots---almost 400 of them. We were at the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Huntington Beach, and there were a number of birds feeding in the shallow water. There were also a couple pelicans alternately wading and swimming around.

I was shooting the 100-400L on the 1D Mk III, and of the roughly 400 shots, not one was in focus.

Not one.

I suspect the lens, but until I try another lens on the Mk III, and try the 100-400 on another body, I won't know what the problem is.

I am absolutely livid right now. Looks like I'll get a chance to see what this CPS membership is going to work out. We're supposed to be going back there in less than two weeks with a group from POTN, and I'd really love to have that combo available.

400 shots. 400 out of focus. I think I might take up macramé.

That's really crappy. Nikon lenses are like Chuck Norris - they don't focus, they make the world come in to focus .

neil_r wrote in post #6230950
:o Hello, I am new here........ is it safe to come in

Nope, not without. . .

Woolburr wrote in post #6230987
You've been here before...

Ahah, but you missed out the new requirements of National Insurance #, bank details, and mother's maiden name.

goatee wrote in post #6231109
Ahah, but you missed out the new requirements of National Insurance #, bank details, and mother's maiden name.

I did get his Visa card number...does that help?

Geez, Chief. All 400 shots. That's abysmal. I remember when people first started reporting problems with the M3 and I thought that it was all operator error. Nowadays, my first reaction is, "Oh, THAT camera." If Canon ever makes a MIIIn, they should GIVE one to every MIII owner for free.

I am very new here.
But I have been on-line since before some of you were born!

It is very easy to read into posts what isn't really there.

To quote one of the worst managers I have ever had the experience of working for. "It isn't what you said that matters. It is what someone thinks you said that matters" As much as I hate to agree with her she is right.

So we hurt people's feelings and put people off when we don't really mean to. Simple as that.

So we need to be careful of others feelings.
And when we are hurt we need to step back and realize that the person probably didn't really mean to hurt us.

Permagrin wrote in post #6230382
look! He can make TR playing cards.

http://www.yourplaying​cards.com/

though they are spendy...but he can make the characters into the kings/queens/jacks/jok​ers...yeah... this could be fun.

That would have been a cool thing to do those freeie playing cards I posted about a month or so back! Deals like that happen sometimes. If I hear of another, I'll let you know.

Mooo all. Have a super day.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #6231595
Geez, Chief. All 400 shots. That's abysmal. I remember when people first started reporting problems with the M3 and I thought that it was all operator error. Nowadays, my first reaction is, "Oh, THAT camera." If Canon ever makes a MIIIn, they should GIVE one to every MIII owner for free.

This is probably my most frustrating photographic experience. This goes right up there with losing the tripod with the Wimberly head on it. I'm not sure where the problem is.....it's either lens or body, but I intend to find out this morning. Whichever it is, it will go into Canon today. I'm going back to the same place on the 13th, and that's the camera/lens I planned on using most.

ISO Boz wrote in post #6231609
I am very new here.
But I have been on-line since before some of you were born!

It is very easy to read into posts what isn't really there.

To quote one of the worst managers I have ever had the experience of working for. "It isn't what you said that matters. It is what someone thinks you said that matters" As much as I hate to agree with her she is right.

So we hurt people's feelings and put people off when we don't really mean to. Simple as that.

So we need to be careful of others feelings.
And when we are hurt we need to step back and realize that the person probably didn't really mean to hurt us.

When you feel you've been slighted, perception is reality. Of course that swings both ways; it's almost as unfair to the people who mean no harm, but are accused of committing deliberate snubs.

Clearly there are times when people who know us---make that people who know us well---are confused by our behavior. That happened to me a couple days ago when Chris and Lisa were pretending to be upset with each other. Hell, I feel I know them both reasonably well, and I was fooled.

Anyway, as I said last night, this issue is definitely on the back burner. I have camera problems.

(joke------really)

belmondo wrote in post #6230569
400 shots. 400 out of focus. I think I might take up macramé.

OH MY!!!!!! That totally rips Chief!!!!!! I hope you get it figured out and I hope CPS.... does right.... *not holding breath*

That is a **** and a half, to have 400 shots not come out well....you're almost as bad as I am!!

Just jesting with you, old bean.

Hope you can solve the issues with it. As far as I am assuming here, you're using the same camera to take all your train shots etc. and they are always all in focus etc. etc....

mooooo, everyone. Wow chief, sorry to hear about your experience yesterday. I, along with everybody else here, will be waiting to hear what the problem is.

belmondo wrote in post #6230569
I was shooting the 100-400L on the 1D Mk III, and of the roughly 400 shots, not one was in focus.

Tom Tom Tom, don't panic, the answer is staring you in the face, in fact it is on your face, simply swap back your glasses with Mrs Tom. Getting your spectacles confused with your other halves is a common problem when you get to our age

neil_r wrote in post #6232250
Tom Tom Tom, don't panic, the answer is staring you in the face, in fact it is on your face, simply swap back your glasses with Mrs Tom. Getting your spectacles confused with your other halves is a common problem when you get to our age

Not only do we switch eyeglasses, we can wear each other's undergarments, and we wear the same size adult diaper.