POTN Aussie Club #7 - Feng, where's my invoice?

Aszental wrote in post #9006567
I just bought one for 800us from the FM forums, although i have someone bringing it back for me.

They go for about 850-900 normally, so maybe have a look there.

Cool, i check em out, thanks for the tip.

Just got an email from PRA about lens price drops.

85L - $2767
16-35 - $1928

5DmkII - $3395

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9006676
Just got an email from PRA about lens price drops.

85L - $2767
16-35 - $1928

5DmkII - $3395

Just got the same one. Hardly worth looking to grey market imports with these prices.

also 70-200 2.8is $2,265

rowdy_kk wrote in post #9006703
Just got the same one. Hardly worth looking to grey market imports with these prices.

also 70-200 2.8is $2,265

Yeah, agreed. And I only looked at a couple of prices - could PRA make their emails any more useless?

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9006727
Yeah, agreed. And I only looked at a couple of prices - could PRA make their emails any more useless?

It would be difficult to make them worse. If you don't look at their emails within the hour you all you get is a red cross box.

A couple of questions about using FD adaptors on 1D MkII.

I have just bought an el-cheapo adaptor, because I have some old FD lenses from my AE1 that I'd kinda like to play with, as they have sentimental value and they've travelled the world with me and taken some memorable shots. Plus, I always thought they were good glass.

I knew that the cheapo adaptor wouldn't do infinity focus, but it goes nowhere near, which kind of reduces its usefulness. I was hoping to do portraits and stuff, but it looks like I will only be doing macro !

So, question 1, is does anyone know if there are there any half-way decent ones that will at least allow focusing for 3-5m type range ?

Secondly and more importantly, if I do take a shot, I get an Err01 and the shutter opens, but won't go back down. Err01 seems to be related to the camera not being able to talk to the lens, which makes sense. Is there a way I can tell the 1D Mk II not to worry about that any more ?

Thanks.

Walao, just came back from a long day of exams today. One more to go, next friday !!!

nice one ed, i remember the feeling of finishing your exams for the semester, so good the beers taste better too.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9003235
Nah, not yet. Might give it a shot this weekend.

Richo made a mess of yesterday

I look forward to seeing your results.

I didn't see exactly what happened but have heard the media got hold of the story before he got a chance to tell his team mates.

amsm wrote in post #9004404
My 10 year-old is heartbroken. Richo was his idol.

Edit: his mum's a bit shattered too

Richo was a magnificent player and an inspiration. I'm not a Richmond supporter but have a huge amount of respect for the guy. Footy will be poorer without him but he's provided 17 years of great memories.

NicD wrote in post #9006011
Do i or don't i?

Thinking of joining PhotoMerchant to replace smugmug?

Is it worth it or should i stick with smugmug?

I'm thinking the same. I signed up for the trial and the bastards auto billed me once it expired! Seems to be a a few small issues to be over come. The main reason I haven't jumped in boots and all is because of the size of my archive.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9005976
Mmmm, it's for the best - his body couldn't hack it, and that was all she wrote. (Not me though, I wrote five stories...)

I love him as much as anyone - hell, I ghosted his columns for the site this year - but when it's over, it's over. The smart ones go when they should.

I was going to take my camera, but figured that SPG would be there, and do a good job (which they did).

The timing was right; it happens in every champion's career - there is a time to hang up the boots.

I know a few of you are using Windows 7. I'm about to install Windows 7. All my photos and documents etc are on separate drives - not my C drive.

Do I need to back them up or will they remain untouched through the installation? It's telling me it will take 2 days to transfer the backup file!

I'm upgrading from Win XP Home to Win7 Home Premium.

blackshadow wrote in post #9006964
I look forward to seeing your results.

I didn't see exactly what happened but have heard the media got hold of the story before he got a chance to tell his team mates.

Thanks to his manager ringing Ch7 & Ch9, yeah...

That he has. I wrote a colour piece on him for the site last night - http://www.afl.com.au …newsid/86998/de​fault.aspx

Yeah, his body had been pushed past breaking point.

Much as I remember his great feats on the ground, I think I'll most remember how good and professional he was to deal with. Hopefully I'll be able to keep in contact with him. He's a great bloke.

I don't appear to have any pics of him up anywhere - I'll try to dig one out.

blackshadow wrote in post #9006984
I know a few of you are using Windows 7. I'm about to install Windows 7. All my photos and documents etc are on separate drives - not my C drive.

Do I need to back them up or will they remain untouched through the installation? It's telling me it will take 2 days to transfer the backup file!

I'm upgrading from Win XP Home to Win7 Home Premium.

Surely they're backed up anyway?

Being as they're on separate drives - you do mean actual physical drives, not just partitions of the one drive, yes? - they SHOULD be fine. SHOULD. But it's computers, so assume the worst.

And by upgrading, I also assume you mean "format and start from scratch", as MS have done what they can to make it impossible to upgrade from XP to 7, and clean install is WAY better anyway.

blackshadow wrote in post #9006984
I know a few of you are using Windows 7. I'm about to install Windows 7. All my photos and documents etc are on separate drives - not my C drive.

Do I need to back them up or will they remain untouched through the installation? It's telling me it will take 2 days to transfer the backup file!

I'm upgrading from Win XP Home to Win7 Home Premium.

A backup of your data would be wise though. If they are in a separate partition though, you will be able to install Windows 7 on the primary partition/drive (where WinXP is located) without altering anything on the data portion.

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Images:
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https://photography-on-the.net …243&highlight=i​so+samples

Review:
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Custom grip:
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http://forums.dpreview​.com …10&thread=33476​524&page=1

Cases:
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mickeyjuice wrote in post #9006999
Surely they're backed up anyway?

Being as they're on separate drives - you do mean actual physical drives, not just partitions of the one drive, yes? - they SHOULD be fine. SHOULD. But it's computers, so assume the worst.

And by upgrading, I also assume you mean "format and start from scratch", as MS have done what they can to make it impossible to upgrade from XP to 7, and clean install is WAY better anyway.

Yep will be a format and start from scratch job.

fungry wrote in post #9007000
A backup of your data would be wise though. If they are in a separate partition though, you will be able to install Windows 7 on the primary partition/drive (where WinXP is located) without altering anything on the data portion.

They're on separate physical drives (not partitions so I guess it will be fine).

I'll be back I hope once it's all done!