POTN Aussie Club #5: Our focus rings rotate the other way too.

AdamC wrote in post #7676230
Suck it up princess. I've been paying tax for about 22 years now, so I think I earned it!

Meh, hasnt stopped me spending like as if i was getting it. Lets see...

the netbook, Angus' old 85mm 1.8, xbox 360, an oly trip 35 and probably one of those dell 23" screens in a few weeks to replace my tv and current pc monitor. Im still doing my part for the economy

Michael wrote in post #7676259
Same here Sammy. Much easier to earn money when I'm not doing year 12...

And easier when you are working more than one shift a week

-spam- wrote in post #7676263
probably one of those dell 23" screens in a few weeks to replace my tv and current pc monitor.

The 2309W's ? I have two on my desk at work - nice screens, lots of resolution - not sure what the colour response is like as I've not tried to calibrate them.

Michael wrote in post #7676259
Same here Sammy. Much easier to earn money when I'm not doing year 12...

Year 12 sucks

-spam- wrote in post #7676263
And easier when you are working more than one shift a week

I wish I had more than one shift a week. Less than $100 a week when you're into photography is a bad combo

DAdeGroot wrote in post #7676272
The 2309W's ? I have two on my desk at work - nice screens, lots of resolution - not sure what the colour response is like as I've not tried to calibrate them.

Want to take the spyder to work for a day?

Just seems like an affordable thing for what it offers. Just have to sort out a VGA adaptor for the xbox and Im set. Dont think that an extra inch is worth the extra $100 they want to charge though.

The Moose wrote in post #7676273
I wish I had more than one shift a week. Less than $100 a week when you're into photography is a bad combo

56 hour fortnight part time

Government wages too, quite pleased with how ive got things worked out at the moment. A billion times better than retail.

The Moose wrote in post #7676273
Year 12 sucks

I wish I had more than one shift a week. Less than $100 a week when you're into photography is a bad combo

I was the same last year. It sucked. I still managed to make around $10K though. Just not enough to get the $900. Meh, like Sam, I'm still stimulating the economy.

-spam- wrote in post #7676277
56 hour fortnight part time

Government wages too, quite pleased with how ive got things worked out at the moment. A billion times better than retail.

Make me jealous if you like What's the job though? Enjoyable?

The Moose wrote in post #7676300
Make me jealous if you like What's the job though? Enjoyable?

From his descriptions, it sounds like he sifts through poo samples. Draw your own conclusions as to whether or not he'd enjoy it. Colin probably would.

Michael wrote in post #7676299
I was the same last year. It sucked. I still managed to make around $10K though. Just not enough to get the $900. Meh, like Sam, I'm still stimulating the economy.

I started working in October and I've earnt a bit over $2,500. That's over 6 months including the Christmas holidays. I thought I did well but it's actually not that great when it's put into perspective like that

The Moose wrote in post #7676312
I started working in October and I've earnt a bit over $2,500. That's over 6 months including the Christmas holidays. I thought I did well but it's actually not that great when it's put into perspective like that

That's not too bad. Although, nothing to write home about, really...

Couple more days till Easter break! Can't wait! Haven't been on recently so I am pretty behind O_O.
Anywho... I am in a dilemma. As always. I currently manage all my photos through LR2 however I am now having second thoughts. Would it be better to use Bridge instead or does LR do an equally good of a job. Also, a growing issue seems to be that as I obtain more photos, the catalogue in LR is going to get massive. I've already implemented a metadata system however... as more photos accumulate, I fear LR will slow down. Should I create a new catalogue over a certain period of time? Say every year?

Your opinions will be greatly appreciated ^^.
Got myself a job and I'm enjoying it. Servers are so much better then mankinis haha. May be I will be able to afford some TT gear

The Moose wrote in post #7676312
I started working in October and I've earnt a bit over $2,500. That's over 6 months including the Christmas holidays. I thought I did well but it's actually not that great when it's put into perspective like that

Can't go through life comparing yerself to others.

blackshadow wrote in post #7676215
I have the Kenko 1.4x Pro 300 and it's excellent.

I read a heap of comparisons before I bought it and everything I could find said it outperformed the Canon equivalent.

miccullen wrote in post #7676252
More than happy with the Sigma 1.4 and 2.0 on my 120-300/2.8

Thanks, now I know what to look at when I go to the shop on Wednesday. Hopefully they have stock!

Michael wrote in post #7676320
That's not too bad. Although, nothing to write home about, really...

Yeah, I guess. Oh well, I'm quite happy with my gear right now and I'll be even happier once I upgrade to the 40D.

miccullen wrote in post #7676322
Can't go through life comparing yerself to others.

Definitely not. Just seemed odd when I thought about it. As I said, happy with my gear and I don't need a lot of money, I'm still in school and still living at home so whatever I earn is great.

fungry wrote in post #7676321
Anywho... I am in a dilemma. As always. I currently manage all my photos through LR2 however I am now having second thoughts. Would it be better to use Bridge instead or does LR do an equally good of a job.

Personally I can't stand bridge, it's slow, clunky and far from intuitive.

Why do you think it'd be better than LR2 for what you do ?

I do catalogues per year. I know some busy wedding photographers do catalogues per client. LR doesn't tend to slow significantly until you get about 20k images in the catalogue, but you may find smaller catalogues suit your working style better.

The Moose wrote in post #7676300
Make me jealous if you like What's the job though? Enjoyable?

Enjoyable enough for now. I work in sample reception at a state health lab. On the biological side, we are a reference lab for notifiable conditions (Dengue fever, salmonella cases, norovirus, measles etc) and we also have labs for water testing that do work for places all around the country. Then we have the morgue and forensic toxicology and food chemistry and investigative chemistry (they do all sorts, air quality testing to therapeutic drug destruction). Enough to keep you interested for a while and pretty much everything in the building goes through us first, well except things for the morgue, we handle send aways for specimens going to the central state labs though.

The pay is still pretty awesome all things considered and i work with some top notch people.

Michael wrote in post #7676303
From his descriptions, it sounds like he sifts through poo samples. Draw your own conclusions as to whether or not he'd enjoy it. Colin probably would.

Hahaha