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WTF! I literally said that out loud, "WTF." After all these years your non sequiturs still catch me off guard. 1) Cali=California, not South America. 2) I don't own a smartphone. Anyways back to the thread. I had to re-log back in just now. Perhaps I didn't check the "remember me" box...

So far so good. Kinda threw me for a bit as I was in Cali for 3 days and come back to new site. Glad I picked a "simple" forum password because I don't have it written down anywhere.

I actually like being able to edit posts a few days after the posting date to fix errors or update facts. It's not like the regular posters here will alter their OP (after the original was quoted) for malicious purposes.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. I already ate TOO much at Niece's Christmas Eve party. And I'll probably eat TOO much as sisters Christmas Day party.

The rise and fall of compact disc sales. Eventually the only way to obtain music CDs will be in the used market.

Via canonrumers... Photokina 2019 scheduled for May has been cancelled, show to return annually May 2020. Interesting. CaNikon can now delay future MILC's a bit longer. Maybe. EDIT. Doh. Can a mod move this into DSLR thread. THXs.

Doh! Replied to wrong post.

Canon might be going all out on high-end DO glass. 300/2.8 DO & 400/2.8 DO patents. These might be RF mount lenses.

Damn that sucks. I had a 3/3 mbps Comcast cable connection in the late 1990s.

On the very low end side of things...........The monoprice headphones are nothing special when compared with the Sony phones (listed above) I was using. Even with the larger drivers the sound is about the same. Over the ear and a bit louder are pluses. But the small sized band is a big...

When you consider the 135th most poisonous critter in Australia is still 40 times more poisonous than anything else in the world I'd want to use THIS 2000/11 lens.

Updated to CR2. Well not exactly. Rumor is the first Canon RF super-tele lens will be an DO lens. Whether it's the RF 300mm f/2.8L IS that's mentioned in the rumor or the long wished for 600/4 DO, we'll have to wait and see.

Have any of you guys ever went back to your tire dealer with your "worn-out" 60k-mile-rated tires after 30k miles and got any type of replacement or pro-rated discount on new tires?

A 16-35/2.8 seems standard but how about a RF 12-20/2 or 14-21/1.4! Yes f/1.4. That's insane!

You've named you machines after towns in the MMORPG Asheron's Call. Is that game still running? Private servers?

^^^^^ Right now, creating a 600/4 DO in the new RF mount would be silly, but you'd think that before the 2020 Olympics Canon/Nikon will have a pro level mirrorless camera. And such a lens might lead a few people to the mirrorless camp. Fancy new RF lenses: 28-70/2 50/1.2 Rumored: 24/1.2...

Why buy a tiny 35" screen when 49" Dell ultra-wide screens will be available soon. /s

Is this a potential side business for you or just a hobby? Are the builds for friends/business associates?

Looks like the 600/4 DO might ship with the new Canon RF mount, instead of EF. In 2020. Maybe.

The video is definitely a "worse-case" type of situation but if such a strike does occur it could be very, very bad. However unlikely it would be.

I have the clock on my computer set 10 minutes ahead, so when I'm farting around the net before work, I'll have time to get ready to leave for work.

For the hardcore and/or wealthy amateur: Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4.

Story from Petapixel. This is What a Drone Strike Would Do to an Airplane.

Hurricane Michael was only 2 mp/h below a CAT-5 storm, so yeah, the Florida panhandle received some bad weather.

I ordered a couple of these bad boys: Monoprice 8324 headphones. Hopefully they are more comfortable than my Sony MDR-ZX110 headphones for my daily walks. Over-the-ear vs on-ear, so I'm hopeful.

Probably, maybe in 2019. $4500-4700. 35-40% of the 600/4E cost. Everybody who is/was planning on buying a 600/4 probably has already bought the big boy. 600mm is a threshold people want to obtain but will never spend $12,300. I think people are holding off buying the 500/5.6 PF in the hopes...

I'm still waiting for Win11 to come out so I can upgrade to Win8. ;)

I thought that as well. "Eventually I'll do something," I told myself. Don't wait till you are almost 50 before you start. I don't have kids so I can't speak to that point, but after I lost about 50# (205# to 155#) I was like, "Why the F didn't I do this 20+ years sooner!!!" Don't wait. Do...

Canon 300/2.8 and 500/4 to receive an update middle of 2019. Probably the same types of updates as the new versions of the 400/2.8 and 600/4 lenses. No word on 200/2 or 800/5.6 updates. Perhaps just before Tokyo 2020. Canon displayed a mock-up/prototype 600/4 DO a few years ago. I wonder...

Two side-by-site 4:3 monitors would be 8:3 (2.6666) while a single 21:9 is (2.3333) so that's fairly close. 21:9 monitors used like a large 4:3 monitor don't make much sense. Too much wasted space if one app/window is centered on the screen. But if you use side by side apps/windows it makes...

Canon Rumors has posted the official launch of the new Canon EOS R MILC. $2300. Fortunately for Nikon, Canon gimped the camera enough to not totally destroy the Z6 and Z7. 2k 60 video. Cropped 4k. 1 SD card slot.

I believe the new Canon is going to be their lower priced/tier'd FF MILC. Or perhaps somewhere between the Nikon Z6 and Z7. I think the 50/1.2L and 28-70/2L are lenses designed for Canon's "5D level" MILC that will be announced in the future, and Canon is pushing out these pro lenses so...

What Canon will announce September 5th. EOS R MILC and specs. List of what Canon is announcing on the 5th. RF (the new MILC mount lenses), EF and EF-M lenses. Looks like Canon will continue to be #1 in DSLR and MILC sales for the time being.

Well there is this funny clip of high frame rate photography on a static subject.

Welcome back. It's been almost a year! I've made that same mistake too. Thinking Storage Review and not Forum.

^^^^ About the same as the Z6. Except the Z6 is only 5.5 fps with full AF/AE, instead of the listed 12 fps.

If the actual MFT charts match the published Nikon theoretical ones, the 500/5.6 PF should be a very, very good lens. Matched with a D850 or D500 and you have some serious, QUALITY, reach for not too much cash. At least a lot less than a 10k 500/4 lens.

The internet bloggers and YouTubers have spoken, and it seems the new Nikon MILCs are somewhere between blah and EPIC-FAIL. $3400 camera that only has ONE memory card slot? Really? I guess the Z8 and Z9 "pro" cameras will have TWO memory card slots and be $4-7k. $600 for a 50/1.8 lens? $850...

I forgot to update you all on what happened with my defective EVGA Titan. The thread in the NEWS section reminded me of it. I posted a message in the EVGA forums asking if I could send my card in for a possible repair and the what the cost might be, as my card was just past the extended...

I'm screwed! "Various emergency and time sensitive we are calling you from investigation team of I.R.S. We have just received a notification regarding your tax filings from the headquarters which will get expired in next 24 working hours and once it get expired after that you will be taken...

Size comparison. 500/5.6E PF vs 500/4E. MTF chart.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens. Pre-orders are up. $3600. Looks like my guess was off by $100.

Some real photos of the new Nikon Z6 and Z7 mirrorless cameras. More pics here. The first three Z-mount lenses. 24-70mm f/4, 35mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.8. The above link also shows a pic of the FTZ (F-mount to Z-mount) adapter. Looks like the adapter does not provide for D-series screw AF...

Thanks for the links Chewy, I'll check them out. I hate to have to call companies and give an actual person my CC info as it's tempting for the person making $8.50/hour to take your CC info and buy shit for themselves. Of course I just did what I said I don't like to do. I called Levi and...

Short AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Unboxing post with pics courtesy of Hard|OCP. Youtube video here. This bad boy is a 32 core, 64 thread CPU w/80 MB of cache memory. 3.0 GHz base and 4.2 GHz boost clocks. The 2950X is 16c/32t w/40 MB cache. 3.5 GHz base, 4.4 GHz boost clock.

^^^ Agreed. Add Levi.com to the list of shitty sites! What a cluster fuck that site is. None of the local stores sell the Levi 550 jeans I like to wear so I have to order online. Usually $60/each + tax/shipping. On sale yesterday for $35/each and FREE shipping. Awesome. Nope. I can't...

It is. And it isn't. And that's sad. You would think by now, in the late 2010s that eCommerce sites would have their shit together and "just-f'ing-work" when you are trying to give them money. I had trouble with Big5Sportinggoods thanking me for my order, but then the order never 'went...

I was being facetious of course. My list more accurately describes how people, who are used to the heat, in the Valley of the Sun (aka Phoenix, AZ, USA) describe summer heat. We hate it of course. But we are used to it. We just don't like to say, "It's HOT!" unless it's actually HOT! It's...

Is the hacked password used on your system or used to access another? This sounds like phishing to me, with a hacked password given to 'legitimize' the attack.

I used to love the cold. As evidenced by my username. But being clammy cold is what bothers me now. Dropping my weight from 205# down to 155# really reduced the amount of "in-body" insulation I have. Along with the fact that I sweat with almost any activity means I'm usually feeling...