Tupperware Photography & Red Ring Tinfoil (14)

Harm wrote in post #7221778
Have a look at this gallery of mine -> LINK<- just to give you an idea of what the 17-85 can do (for me at least!)

ooooohhhhh yyyeeeeaaaahhhh, I only hope I can do the lens justice as you have!

Harm wrote in post #7221790
are you sure she wasn't screaming at Chet the Clown?

um, well, ....hehehe

JWright wrote in post #7221899
I really wish I could find out where the military gas stations get the fuel they sell to their patrons. I'd like to be able to boycott those that buy from the big corporations like Exxtort... Um, Exxon.

BP is where I try to get most of my gas from. 100% of their oil is North American. The 7/11's here changed from Citgo (a Venezualan state owned company) to BP after they got tired of Citgo's crap and the contract expired.

Chevron Texaco and Exxon Mobile get 100% of their oil from Middle East, South America, and others.

eddarr wrote in post #7222054
BP is where I try to get most of my gas from. 100% of their oil is North American. The 7/11's here changed from Citgo (a Venezualan state owned company) to BP after they got tired of Citgo's crap and the contract expired.

Chevron Texaco and Exxon Mobile get 100% of their oil from Middle East, South America, and others.

I always thought my car ran better after stopping at a BP....hmmmm

Harm wrote in post #7221790
are you sure she wasn't screaming at Chet the Clown?

I don't know about her, but I was.

Woo Hooo Mooooo!!

Despite my impoverished state, I have today purchased a new camera. Okay, I didn't buy it, per se. All our traveling over the last three years caused us to amass almost 1,000,000 Marriott Rewards points. We just aren't on the road enough these days for there to be any chance we'll use them up in the forseeable future. Add to that the concern that in these tricky economic times, Marriott could just cancel their rewards program with little or no notice. So, I decided to see what merchandise they had available. They had a couple cameras, but the only one I really wanted and could see myself using, was the G-10. I recently shipped my G-9 off to parts unknown, and as always, I now wish I had a good P&S. The G-10 fills that bill nicely, I think.

Togra4 wrote in post #7221576
You take such good care of me! I'll be here. He doesn't have to hurry on my account!

I am very excited to announce that my tax refund has safely landed in the bank! On Christmas Eve day, my darling Ford Escape's transmission decide to take a crap on me...since then I have been borrowing a really awful POS, but I can't complain since I have been able to make to work and the grocery store! Well, I am currently awaiting the tow truck that will be taking my baby to the truck doctor to have surgery. She should be fully recovered by tuesday! whoooo hooo.

Looks like I will also be picking up a minty used 20D tomorrow and notifying Jim that he can expect payment for the 17-85 IS....I can tell you, I am one happy camper right now!

Hooray for you!

Greg_C wrote in post #7221785
lol

If she is still there she will like this one more. an oldie from last year.
http://www.steadyhands​.net …lbums/temp/imag​e28835.jpg

Very nice.

belmondo wrote in post #7222854
Woo Hooo Mooooo!!

Despite my impoverished state, I have today purchased a new camera. Okay, I didn't buy it, per se. All our traveling over the last three years caused us to amass almost 1,000,000 Marriott Rewards points. We just aren't on the road enough these days for there to be any chance we'll use them up in the forseeable future. Add to that the concern that in these tricky economic times, Marriott could just cancel their rewards program with little or no notice. So, I decided to see what merchandise they had available. They had a couple cameras, but the only one I really wanted and could see myself using, was the G-10. I recently shipped my G-9 off to parts unknown, and as always, I now wish I had a good P&S. The G-10 fills that bill nicely, I think.

I think you made an excellent choice Chief. I also hope you sell the house quickly.

belmondo wrote in post #7222854
Woo Hooo Mooooo!!

Despite my impoverished state, I have today purchased a new camera. Okay, I didn't buy it, per se. All our traveling over the last three years caused us to amass almost 1,000,000 Marriott Rewards points. We just aren't on the road enough these days for there to be any chance we'll use them up in the forseeable future. Add to that the concern that in these tricky economic times, Marriott could just cancel their rewards program with little or no notice. So, I decided to see what merchandise they had available. They had a couple cameras, but the only one I really wanted and could see myself using, was the G-10. I recently shipped my G-9 off to parts unknown, and as always, I now wish I had a good P&S. The G-10 fills that bill nicely, I think.

Nice pick up Chief.

poppie guy wrote in post #7222912
Very nice..

Thanks Mike

belmondo wrote in post #7222854
...I recently shipped my G-9 off to parts unknown, and as always, I now wish I had a good P&S. The G-10 fills that bill nicely, I think.

The G-10 is a great little camera. My wife is thoroughly enjoying having her own camera, and is doing her best to make sure that I will appear in our family shots, even if I do sometimes appear as the guy with the camera stuck to his face.

poppie guy wrote in post #7222912
Hooray for you!

What Mike said. The 20D and 17-85 is a great combination. I think you'll be very happy.

Lightstream wrote in post #7169172
Doing a drive-by to signal that I am still alive, contrary to recent events. (the road to hell is paved with good intentions..)

The Mac folk amongst you will be glad to know that I now have a silver Macbook alu, and it is Really Very Nice. (Windows 7 just so does not impress me. Aero shake? When I can just clear the screen with one F11 key in Expose or four fingers on the pad?)

The setup is the same except the 40D is giving more ERR99's and ERR01's, and a 17-85 had an aperture jam on me at a tremendously bad opportunity, and as such I have lost faith in crop cameras full stop (see year-before-last's 17-55 tragedy: has it really been year before last? Time flies).

Will be considering 5DMk2 except that I discovered one amazing fact: my 5DMk1 has only got 16K frames on the clock. What? I thought I shot at least 25K on them. Either my maths is wrong, or I have reset the counter twice but only remembered one.

Either way the 5D classic has a lot of life in that so I will be shooting that for a long time to come...

Yoda! Welcome back Owlet!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #7170647
I didn't.

Nor I . . .

Togra4 wrote in post #7183368
ahhhh, peace and quiet at last...KarLee is napping and I am taking a break from gutting out my house. How can we collect sho much sit??????? Am I the only one who has a room like this?

Hardly. My computer room's worse . . .

Woolburr wrote in post #7188394
Pay no attention to me...I have a slight mission to fulfill.

*Drops evil leg lamp in the cowtapault...takes careful aim at the amokness next door and triggers the release..............S​PROIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiii​iiiiiiing!!!*

Finally....rid of that nuisance once and for all!

I think Terri has a franchise . . .

timbernet wrote in post #7192292
Did you go by yourself for fun?

Fewer people die skydiving than crossing the street...

Fewer people skydive than cross streets.

Woolburr wrote in post #7194546
Some of us can only dream of owning the S5IS and the awesomeness that comes with it.

Or its upgrade, the uber-awesome SX-10IS.

Permagrin wrote in post #7194858
and two for Scotlet



with the D700 & 70-200


hmmm...why did she take this photo?

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Nice boids . . .

Woolburr wrote in post #7195095
Sony, Sony, Sony

Sick, sick, sick. I'd like to know my gear's going to last more than 30 days. And that ain't any Sony stuff I've ever seen.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #7195109
lensbaby, lensbaby, lensbaby....

Now yer talkin!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #7195210
I don't know, I got a Nikon lenspen pretty cheap once. I think I still have it.

Careful; may be the one piece of gear you've got that Lisa can still run off with . . . :{)#

Harm wrote in post #7198822
thanks...the downside is that now i have this urge to waste 32904234923423 hrs of my life tweaking most of my other shots...

Methuselah will have nothing on you . . .

JWright wrote in post #7199031
Doesn't the average P&S have a sensor that is about 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch in physical size? With a sensor that size, the more Mp you cram onto it, the worse the noise becomes, right?

Yep.

thomascanty wrote in post #7213944
I was heading home from Death Valley. Somewhere between Trona and Ridgecrest my GPS told me to turn left. I usually head right through Ridgecrest to the 395, but I had time to kill, so I decided to humor it and see where it wanted to take me.

I ended up driving 20 or so miles on some (thankfully paved) desert back roads. Finally, just when the GPS said I was only 1.2 miles away from the 395, slightly north of the Garlock road, I came upon a railroad crossing. The red lights were flashing and the arms were down. There was a freight train sitting there, aimed north, and not moving an inch. It was pretty late and dark, especially since there's no such thing as a street light around that area. I stopped about 100 feet back (I was in the only car for miles around, apparently). There were three engines at the front of the train, all of them straddling the road I was on. Behind them was a line of cars stretching for I have no idea how far. Like I said, it was dark. Looked like it could have been a mile. Just a guess...

I waited for maybe 30 seconds, then figured I'd turn around and see if I could find my way back to Ridgecrest. But, then the train started moving forward. Slowly... It moved forward maybe three train cars worth, then stopped. I waited... Then, it started to slowly move backward! Again, maybe three train car lengths. I kept watching as the process was repeated three more times. I guess there must be some kind of switching station south of there and they were adding cars to it or something... Sure put the lead engine in a bad place for me, though. No matter how far back and forth it went, they didn't stop blocking the road I was on.

After the train had backed up for the third or fourth time, I saw someone hop down from the far front end of the lead engine. He walked around in front if it and that's when he saw me, parked on the road a hundred feet from the tracks. Even from that distance I could see the surprise in his reaction. He waved at me and clambered back up onto the lead engine. It took another minute or two, but then the whole freight train started backing up again. Only, this time it kept going until all of the cars were no longer straddling the road I was on, and the arms raised and red lights stopped flashing. And I continued on the next mile-plus to Highway 395...

He never blew the train's whistle, though... I was expecting him to do that after he noticed I was there. I remember you once saying they're required to do that any time they see a car or person near an crossing.

COOL!

Permagrin wrote in post #7214195
does anyone know what the difference is btw. 14bit and 12bit raw? (yeah I know it's a nikon question but if you know I'd like to know). The grip will only shoot 8fps if I'm in 12bit. (this is on the D300...on the D700 I can stay in 14bit). I just wondered if there was loss of quality.

Canon too - 1D3 started the 14-bit. Basically, 14 shades of grey instead of 12.

belmondo wrote in post #7215573
I have several such months. It isn't fatal.

Likewise.

Lightstream wrote in post #7219199
Unless their image processor is only capable of handling a maximum of 12 bits at one go. The sensor gathers 14 bits, and they are processed perhaps in two operations (2x12 worth of bits, discarding some). This is probably not noticeable in regular use, but at max speed, it might cause issues. Just a guess from what I've seen in the computing world. (Anybody remember the 32-bit processors with 16-bit memory buses..)

Heck, I remember 16 bit processors with 8-bit data bus. And I was already in computers when they came along.

Woolburr wrote in post #7220375
I don't even know what to say about that announcement, other than I went sort of numb when I read it. I think they just redefined obscene.

They've been doing that every quarter for the past several years.

Woolburr wrote in post #7221237
Oh Jon....paging Jon....Tracy has a question about mini-laptops.

Shoot . . .

Togra4 wrote in post #7221298
I just think this little sucker is so neato....

http://www.walmart.com …ct.do?product_i​d=10859065

Save mucho bucks and don't get it there. They're $329 at Micro Center or NewEgg last I looked. The 160 GB HDD version is only $349. But they don't want to run DPP unless you hook up an external monitor; 1024x600's too low res. according to Canon. I have one and added another half gig of RAM to it. It's usable on travel and as a netbook, but the keyboard's not as good as the one on my old Toshiba Libretto (1 GHz Pentium M, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD, and dating to early 2006) which I'm using right now. 1280x768 and it's been to Europe and all over the US in an outside pocket of my camera bag. I do most of my computing on "netbooks" these days.

Jon, you are one heck of a catcher upper!

Thanks for the feed back. I completely forgot about Micro Center. My Stepdad "discovered" that place a couple of years ago and pretty much keeps them open...lol. I started to think a little harder about the little Acer and didn't see a any where to stick a disc...Or am I blind? Either way, I guess it wouldn't be that big a deal to get an external cd burner though huh? Being able to burn a photo cd on demand would be important to me. Considering the current condition of my Dell, I have to think about a new computer. I'd get laughed at if I showed this thing in public...hahahahaha

LOTRR: That Guy Shows Up In The Oddest Places

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Well tomorrow is the big day.. moving. Busy busy busy, so much to do and here I am wasting time here. lol

Lax_lacks wrote in post #7223921
Well tomorrow is the big day.. moving. Busy busy busy, so much to do and here I am wasting time here. lol

Hope all goes well for you tomorrow! Don't forget to bend at the knees when lifting heavy objects!

Togra4 wrote in post #7223958
Hope all goes well for you tomorrow! Don't forget to bend at the knees when lifting heavy objects!

Sound advice. Considering large oak desk, oak bedroom set with matching oak dressers. Oak dining table....and a 65" widescreen hd tv, NOT lcd or plasma.... yea lots of heavy stuff.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #7223701
LOTRR: That Guy Shows Up In The Oddest Places

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Um, water douses fire. Just saying.

Lax_lacks wrote in post #7223921
Well tomorrow is the big day.. moving. Busy busy busy, so much to do and here I am wasting time here. lol

Uggh! Good luck!