POTN Aussie Club #6 - What does the 'P' stand for anyway??

I think it wsa the 24-105L that he bought that's new

tangcla wrote in post #8093913
I think it wsa the 24-105L that he bought that's new

That be it, picked it up yesterday,now let the learning and fun begin.
Thanks for noticing Clarence.

fungry wrote in post #8093535
Multiple VMs are running on a machine but when I ping one of the guest (say VM1) from an external computer, I get timeouts every now and then. All the other guests don't suffer such dropouts.
Bizarre, no IP/MAC conflicts. Reinstalled VMware tools. Changed the vNIC. Changed the speed of the ports. Changed VMnet#. No fix..

I'm running the cheap edition, hence why I ask. Can you remove VMware tools from just that guest? If so, does that improve things?

What is the host OS?

C:\>

fungry wrote in post #8093535
Multiple VMs are running on a machine but when I ping one of the guest (say VM1) from an external computer, I get timeouts every now and then. All the other guests don't suffer such dropouts.
Bizarre, no IP/MAC conflicts. Reinstalled VMware tools. Changed the vNIC. Changed the speed of the ports. Changed VMnet#. No fix..

I'm not 100% on what VMs are. But my signal is always dropping out. I've noticed especially when I start using a fair bit of bandwidth, or when someone else in the house does too. Ie: Watching soccer online, or anytime Azureus is open. Really ****s me too.

S7000 wrote in post #8093317
If it's posted through standard AusPost, they only make one delivery. If it's done by the Post couriers, he may be in luck. But more often than not, if you don't receive it with your mail, it's not coming.

Not true. Almost all my parcels come around 4-5pm while mail comes around noon.

If it's done by the Post couriers, he may be in luck

Your standard parcel comes with your daily mail. (registered or not)

DigitalDabbler wrote in post #8094068
I'm running the cheap edition, hence why I ask. Can you remove VMware tools from just that guest? If so, does that improve things?

What is the host OS?

C:\>

Yea, I've tried that. Nothing.
Host OS is WS2008. Guest is WinXP
I have a gut feeling it could be VMWare Server 1.0.7 but the thing is that the issue arose out of the blue.
There have been others who have experienced similar problems (very rare though) based on VMware's forums but none of them have concluded with a solution.

Woo hoo! One uni exam done - engineering maths is out of the way! Next up is transport engineering/road design on monday..


Some tax: An opportunistic photo of yesterday's lunch (I had the camera out, so why not?). Lighting is from a large window.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/amcintyre/36162​83198/

DigitalDabbler wrote in post #8093322
I'm new to night-shooting. I was trying to spot-meter on the players but may not have got the metering right (Center weighted averaging). I suspect that the meter was picking up the screen in the background.

Manual mode.

tangcla wrote in post #8093214
I had such high hopes for the 85L to arrive today... I shouldn't have expected Australia Post to do any more than the minimum required service.

Pffft, you've still got one, ya sook.

fungry wrote in post #8093535
Pity Maybe tomorrow then.

Saturday, baby.

S7000 wrote in post #8093907
See this doesn't work for me, I never remember what people have.

+1

mcminty wrote in post #8094346
Woo hoo! One uni exam done - engineering maths is out of the way! Next up is transport engineering/road design on monday..


Some tax: An opportunistic photo of yesterday's lunch (I had the camera out, so why not?). Lighting is from a large window.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/amcintyre/36162​83198/

It tasted rather good...

:p

I hate you... making me hungry!!

mickeyjuice wrote in post #8094417
+1

I do try! As terrible as I am with names, I have no chance with gear lists.

I was just going through the rest of my shots from the races. How's the muscle and veins on this thing!

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fungry wrote in post #8094284
Yea, I've tried that. Nothing.
Host OS is WS2008. Guest is WinXP
I have a gut feeling it could be VMWare Server 1.0.7 but the thing is that the issue arose out of the blue.
There have been others who have experienced similar problems (very rare though) based on VMware's forums but none of them have concluded with a solution.

If you don't mind my asking, what does that guest do? Are all your guests running XP? Could it be an XP firewall problem? I'm not suggesting the firewall in particular, but could the possible latency (plus task/vm switching) be causing trouble?

C:\>

Nice one Phil,I did like the first one though,is this one just going in the start?

The Moose wrote in post #8088926
I was shooting at good enough speeds but at one end I had lights in the background confusing the camera and then the other end I had an average background (a massive net to separate the two courts :lol. The photos turned out alright, not as many as I would have liked but there wasn't much to catch when you've got the defenders in the way of the action.

Nice shots, but yeah I have found that generally when I shoot sport it is like that, madly running around trying to get a shot of the action without another player blocking half the frame...

ANGUS wrote in post #8088989
There are ways without Aussie gear too Fax my form off tomorrow.

Looks like great minds think alike...

Weren't we just recently having a go at you when you were doing the fake TS stuff that you should just buy the lens.... :p

tupper wrote in post #8089027
AF is fine, slower in low light but that is normal.

I tried but at all apertures and focal lengths there was significant vignetting even without hood in the corners. Once my Mac is back from service i can post examples.

Oh, wonder why the 1.4x fixes it...

DigitalDabbler wrote in post #8089033
Not so much tax, as a request for C&C.


The sideline display and the video screen are the things that I'm trying to do justice, but at the same time to try to keep the foreground bokeh (hey, I've learned a new word - hope I got the concept right) within reasonable limits (under the circumstances, motion-blur is acceptable). I'm not trying for sports-sharp (well, not for these shots).

I'm limited to 1/50 - 1/250 due to the update rate of the screen (no blanking bars, it's all-or-nothing - anyone who has worked at an NRL game and caught the replay screen in the background may know what I mean), but 1/100th seems to be a good compromise.

That was ISO 400, but I could probably go to 1600 since these images will be re-sized rather than cropped.

Be gentle, I did ask.

C:\>

Mmmm, with that dynamic range it would be damn hard. Single frame HDR techniques don't work too nice with high-ISO (Oh wait a minute ISO 400 will work, in your raw converter take one of the frames and save a copy with exposure at 0, +1.3, -1.3 then stick them in a HDR program)...

But if you are trying to shoot something which is focusing on the video screens then that is hard to do with the play in the shot as the sport generaly will grab your attention... I reckon angus' TS lens could work with a different angle (adjusted to the plane of focus is parallel with the screen)...

fungry wrote in post #8089355
May I ask from where?
Any recommendations as to where to buy? Possibly in the market for one if I get myself some triggers.

Andrew, awesome tax there!

I bought mine from B+H and hopefully should soon order a whole bunch more shiznait from them soon (thinking PWs 2 ezyboxes, another nano+umbrella, another 580 or 430, st-e2 and the associated small bits, oh and a knockoff cf monopod from B-H and then maybe a siggy 50 1.4 and/or clazmans 85 1.8 (wait for the wide prime to come up used at a good price...) not from B-H) so if you want to join in on a order that I should be able to get to you when I am in sydney....

tangcla wrote in post #8093214
I had such high hopes for the 85L to arrive today... I shouldn't have expected Australia Post to do any more than the minimum required service.

Ohhh, damn, Hate it when stuff you are excited for takes ages to come....

Nice shot phil...