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

Fine then, wait for the 1Ds Mark IV

pendulum15 wrote in post #9138836
I don't think i'd push it with a 5d II....
1D4!!!!!! dude 900$ a day... that's like what a weeks work :P

Yeah, but I'm only working for three days. You missed that part. If I get a Mark IV, I'd probably be skipping on a few lunches in the long run, I'd imagine.

The Moose wrote in post #9138838
Fine then, wait for the 1Ds Mark IV

That's not helpful!

Collin85 wrote in post #9138839
Yeah, but I'm only working for three days. You missed that part. If I get a Mark IV, I'd probably be skipping on a few lunches in the long run, I'd imagine.

And your problem is?

Suffer for your art!

Collin85 wrote in post #9138839
Yeah, but I'm only working for three days. You missed that part. If I get a Mark IV, I'd probably be skipping on a few lunches in the long run, I'd imagine.

Ahhh dude i was thinking HOLY **** YOU LUCKY DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greg_C wrote in post #9138845
And your problem is?

Suffer for your art!

Agreed :P
I forget to have lunches more than a few times

Completely random but I know you guys will weigh in with some opinions. I've got a Nokia E71 and iPod touch 16GB (2nd gen). I was going to get a 16GB iPhone 3Gs but decided against it and I thought I'd wait for the Nokia N900 to come out because for the price, it'll be a great phone. It'll be around AU$700 from Adorama.

But a family friend upgraded a few of their plans or something and they've got an 8GB iPhone 3G, unopened and unwanted. They're going to look around for a price and then they'll let me know. I know this sounds just like going to an older camera and wondering "is it worth it?" but is it really worth spending the money (after most likely selling both the E71 and touch) to get a brand new 8GB iPhone 3G cheap? I think the main thing that's holding me back is the 8GB. I know the "older" phone is still fine because it's the same technology as my touch and obviously having never used a 3Gs, I don't know what I'm missing out on

The iphone rocks, i've got the 8 gig and it's more than enough for me. I usuallt have 15 albums on there with heaps of space left for apps.

Welby wrote in post #9138892
The iphone rocks, i've got the 8 gig and it's more than enough for me. I usuallt have 15 albums on there with heaps of space left for apps.

Yeah, that's kind of my thinking. I've got 10.5GB of music and 1GB of apps on my touch right now. Realistically, that 10.5GB of music could be cut down to probably 2-3GB (my current playlist is 150 songs at just under 1GB total). I just need to decide if I really want the iPhone as I'd half decided that I wasn't going to get one. I think I will go for it... depending on the price. A new 8GB iPhone 3G is still pretty pricey and considering this one is brand new in the box but locked to Telstra, it might still be a tad expensive if the unlocking costs money.

The Moose wrote in post #9138886
Completely random but I know you guys will weigh in with some opinions. I've got a Nokia E71 and iPod touch 16GB (2nd gen). I was going to get a 16GB iPhone 3Gs but decided against it and I thought I'd wait for the Nokia N900 to come out because for the price, it'll be a great phone. It'll be around AU$700 from Adorama.

But a family friend upgraded a few of their plans or something and they've got an 8GB iPhone 3G, unopened and unwanted. They're going to look around for a price and then they'll let me know. I know this sounds just like going to an older camera and wondering "is it worth it?" but is it really worth spending the money (after most likely selling both the E71 and touch) to get a brand new 8GB iPhone 3G cheap? I think the main thing that's holding me back is the 8GB. I know the "older" phone is still fine because it's the same technology as my touch and obviously having never used a 3Gs, I don't know what I'm missing out on

I don't really like the iphone OS honestly... there's so little integration between apps and contacts and everything...
some android phones are MUCH MUCH better IMO...

Also i wanna get a bigger ipod because 16gb isn't enough for me... haha

Collin85 wrote in post #9138782
Noob.

Argh, having second thoughts about the 5D II again. I rarely use centre-point and I need the damn peripheral points to be solid. I don't seem to have much of a choice there besides a 1-series (or a bloody 7D, or even more anti-climactic, just keeping my 50D).

...which is the exact reason I went with the 7D until Canon can get their act together and bring out a D700 equiv I always use the outer AF points often in dimly lit conditions and I need AF accuracy (focus-recompose doesnt cut it when you are wide open). Subject isolation? down to lens choice really and if you can make the FOV work for you -this was with the 135 at f2.2... balcony railing and city lights in the background are bokeh'd to oblivion:

pendulum15 wrote in post #9138918
I don't really like the iphone OS honestly... there's so little integration between apps and contacts and everything...
some android phones are MUCH MUCH better IMO...

Also i wanna get a bigger ipod because 16gb isn't enough for me... haha

What do you mean by so little integration? Where would you change things? I haven't used an Android phone but I've loved the OS and UI of my E71 and if I'm at home and want to quickly use the net, I've always been more inclined to use the E71 than the touch (using Wi-Fi on either of course). 16GB has been fine for me too. Before the touch, I had the 80GB classic and I just threw everything on there because I could. With the touch, I cut back on some music but I could have cut back so much more so that's why 8GB isn't really scaring me. My 80GB classic is still sitting in a drawer (albeit with dead pixels) so if I did get annoyed with the size or even the battery life when listening to music as well, that's an easy option that costs no money

The Moose wrote in post #9138933
What do you mean by so little integration? Where would you change things? I haven't used an Android phone but I've loved the OS and UI of my E71 and if I'm at home and want to quickly use the net, I've always been more inclined to use the E71 than the touch (using Wi-Fi on either of course). 16GB has been fine for me too. Before the touch, I had the 80GB classic and I just threw everything on there because I could. With the touch, I cut back on some music but I could have cut back so much more so that's why 8GB isn't really scaring me. My 80GB classic is still sitting in a drawer (albeit with dead pixels) so if I did get annoyed with the size or even the battery life when listening to music as well, that's an easy option that costs no money

I've never used the e71, but what i mean with iphone is that the apps are well apps... like standalone... they don't integrate with eachother well or with the OS...

Collin85 wrote in post #9138782
Noob.

Argh, having second thoughts about the 5D II again. I rarely use centre-point and I need the damn peripheral points to be solid. I don't seem to have much of a choice there besides a 1-series (or a bloody 7D, or even more anti-climactic, just keeping my 50D).

Well I got the 5D fully expecting to use it for stills only.

Now I shoot stills/video 50-50.

Make sure what you get has video. Its awesome. You can record math class then

tupper wrote in post #9138952
Well I got the 5D fully expecting to use it for stills only.

Now I shoot stills/video 50-50.

Make sure what you get has video. Its awesome. You can record math class then

OH NO!!!!
Think about the children!!!!!!

pendulum15 wrote in post #9138950
I've never used the e71, but what i mean with iphone is that the apps are well apps... like standalone... they don't integrate with eachother well or with the OS...

But that's the whole point of most apps out there. They don't need to integrate. On my touch, pretty much all the apps I've downloaded are just games and news or other internet-based apps.

I do a bit of web browsing while out on my E71 (and that's only going to increase with uni and more free time) and at times, Safari on the touch (and that is, scrolling, zooming, typing with my finger/s) has never felt the same as using the directional pad on the E71. But everything is rendered so much better and faster in Safari so with time, I'd get used to it.