Red Ringed Tupperware Talk -- Good Times are had by all (16)

Today is experiment day....pinhole photograpy

D30 with cardboard lens and hole punched with a dental probe.

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I snuck in trying to find the basement, but couldn't find it.

Venice Beach, '03

tonylong wrote in post #9951702
Space Mountain is definitely a fun ride, but it would be crazy trying to take pictures during the ridin' part! Sort of a big blurry bunches of trails of lights...

I last rode Space Mountain about six months ago. That was the first time in probably 30 years and it will keep me for at least another 30... I don't like that ride.

In the garden and on vacation:

Antelope valley sunset.

Any thread regulars sporting a 7D?
Are you experiencing any of the AF issues that seem to be cropping up of late?

I generally don't get spooked by newbies ranting about gear (and I 'umbly apologize for bringing such an issue here) but the number of "What's wrong with my 7D" posts is starting to oddly multiply.

After all the **** and moaning about "I want better bells and whistles in a less expensive camera!" is this a case of "Be careful what you wish for" and has Canon finally built a camera that's too smart for (some) less experinced users? The 7D admirer thread is full of great stuff so it can't be all bad, right?

Wow... Color me bumfuzzled.

(And suffering from severe lack of sleep due to our current Kitty Krisis...)

Jon has one....and has chimed in on a couple of threads to report no issues with his.

Woolburr wrote in post #9955114
Jon has one....and has chimed in on a couple of threads to report no issues with his.

Good to know...

Oh, and Good Morning!

Top o' da marnin' ta ya!

In all seriousness......I am wondering if the newer cameras are so good, that they are also totally unforgiving. Put them in the hands of hacks and suddenly there is a rash of problems. I do think there were some serious issues with the 1D3 that were exacerbated by that same pool of hacks confusing the focus issue with their own shortcomings....leavin​g Canon to have to trace not only the real issue, but a phantom issue as well.

I am starting to liken the whole thing to handing a 7th grade science student an electron microscope and asking them to use it to count the legs on a horse. Sure it would be cool to have access to the electron scope....but is it really the right tool in the right hands?

I think you speak volumes of truth Dan.

I have to wonder when I see Joe Schmoe post yesterday "So what is this apatrue thing you guys keep talking about? Does setting my camera to ISO 1.2 bugzillion help make it more better?" Followed by this gem today..."This 7D is a total POS, it won't focus on my gray wolf running at me in dense fog. I'm sending this crap back to Canon for a refund so I can buy a real camera."

I think many dSLR evils stem from folks being "monitor bound" and from looking at too many images that are only 1024X (or less) and then expecting to see that same sharpness when they zoom to 100% with files that are 5,000+ PPI ...

People need to print more and post less. I'm often suprised at how good an 11x14 or 12x18 looks coming out of the old 9000 when on screen, it's often "Meh, this might be ok..."

Pixel peeping is good in one sense....it puts some nice gear on the market when the peepers can't be satisfied.

Woolburr wrote in post #9955231
Pixel peeping is good in one sense....it puts some nice gear on the market when the peepers can't be satisfied.

Good Point...

(Now where'd I put that Circling Vultures .gif?)