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DDA wrote in post #6234098
No, the real reality check comes when you are in Livingstone, Zambia (a relatively rich city in a relatively rich country) and people want to trade 6 bananas (worth less than 1$) for a wooden carved animal... And then you cross to Zimbabwe and it is even worse!

Yes, you go to places, the rich places, like Nigeria or South Africa, where these 'richest african countries' have so many people living off less than $1 a day.

We were told off after 1 week by our "personal guard" for over-tipping, as it would (a) put off locals as the people who ran the bars/ eating establishments would expect more tips from even the locals (who wouldn't have been able to afford it) and for (b) militants coming by for money...

Oh that and every place was full of prostitutes....girls who had been clearly taken from their homes and forced to go to bars etc...

It was so sad to see, and a huge reality check on how bad it could be...

DDA wrote in post #6234098
No, Soweto, SA

Ahhh, I never went to Soweto, how was it??

Harm wrote in post #6233499
Thanks Wu....I have some "bog-standard" shots too that everyone has to take:

Well done! Your skies are beautiful!

DDA wrote in post #6234145
You could really go naked out of every market. People wanted to trade you hat, shoes, shirt, socks, ....

I am looking forward to more of Africa through your eyes. It is amazing what we all take for granted.

Harm wrote in post #6234173
Ahhh, I never went to Soweto, how was it??

It was pretty interesting. We didn't feel unsafe (we were during the day)... I'l give you more details another day. I must now go to bed!

G'night everyone!

Night Didier...

misspix wrote in post #6234182
I am looking forward to more of Africa through your eyes. It is amazing what we all take for granted.

Africa through my eyes will mostly be wildlife But I'll try to find a few shots of people for you...

Okay. I took the same shot with the filter removed and the IS turned off. The IQ was minimally improved, but still well below acceptable standards.

I'm starting to think the problem might be in the IS. I did take a shot with the IS turned off and the filter on, and it was even worse, but just slightly so.

Regardless, it's nothing I can fix, so off it goes.

Sorry to hear that Chief. Hopefully they'll figure it out and get it back in time.

Can anyone tell me what blue ray dvd is? And do you have to have a special dvd player to play one? (I feel like I close my eyes for a day and something new is out that I don't know what it is..)

Blu ray is the new "latest and greatest"...you have to have a Blu ray player to play a Blu ray disk....but a Blu ray player will play your old disks.

Woolburr wrote in post #6234349
Blu ray is the new "latest and greatest"...you have to have a Blu ray player to play a Blu ray disk....but a Blu ray player will play your old disks.

oh okay. We haven't had cable for about 8 months and I keep seeing these "now on blue ray" and I finally decided to ask what that was

DDA wrote in post #6234209
Africa through my eyes will mostly be wildlife But I'll try to find a few shots of people for you...

Oh, I love the wildlife I actually prefer it to people on most days

Permagrin wrote in post #6234330
Sorry to hear that Chief. Hopefully they'll figure it out and get it back in time.

Can anyone tell me what blue ray dvd is? And do you have to have a special dvd player to play one? (I feel like I close my eyes for a day and something new is out that I don't know what it is..)

Yes. Think Beta and VHS.

misspix wrote in post #6234357
Oh, I love the wildlife I actually prefer it to people on most days

Yes. Think Beta and VHS.

LOL! I haven't thought about Beta in years

The best deal on a BluRay player is to buy the Playstation 3. It's built into it, and it costs less than a dedicated BluRay player in most cases.

Permagrin wrote in post #6234330
Can anyone tell me what blue ray dvd is? And do you have to have a special dvd player to play one? (I feel like I close my eyes for a day and something new is out that I don't know what it is..)

Yup. DVDs are usually "recorded" using a red laser, but they found a "blue laser" that records so much more information onto a disc - don't ask me how, no idea. So to retrieve it you need a Blue Ray Disk player. However, the new machines can read and play the older DVDs. It does hold a significant amount of detail more, so that is why the sound and picture quality is better...

Think of RAW vs JPEG (small size) in terms of compression and detail lost as a difference

Woolburr wrote in post #6234349
Blu ray is the new "latest and greatest"...you have to have a Blu ray player to play a Blu ray disk....but a Blu ray player will play your old disks.

belmondo wrote in post #6234426
The best deal on a BluRay player is to buy the Playstation 3. It's built into it, and it costs less than a dedicated BluRay player in most cases.

Yup a PS3 is the best you can get, plus you can play games too...

Harm wrote in post #6234475
Yup a PS3 is the best you can get, plus you can play games too...

That's what we did. Thank you Leo LaPorte.

DDA wrote in post #6233945
A first shot of Africa...

Woolburr wrote in post #6233956
That is a reality check Didier.

Very true. Looking forward to seeing more of your travels, DDA.

Woolburr wrote in post #6234024
So...essentially what you are saying is that you are about 18 years from completion.

I resemble that remark.

belmondo wrote in post #6234426
The best deal on a BluRay player is to buy the Playstation 3. It's built into it, and it costs less than a dedicated BluRay player in most cases.

Harm wrote in post #6234475
Yup a PS3 is the best you can get, plus you can play games too...

I used that excuse, er logic when we bought our PS2.