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Thread necro. I want a dedicated MP3 player. NOT an app on a smartphone that I don't have. No ipod/itunes/ifruit. I know I'm living in the stone age, but that's all I want. No proprietary crap. Simply want to plug MP3 player into my computer with a USB2 cable and drag-n-drop files onto...

Hopefully cutting the fat and removing the folks that are close to retirement anyways.

I just want to double-click a NEF (Nikon raw file) from windows explorer and have it open the same way you can double-click a JPG file and have it open in Windows Photo Viewer. Is this possible or am I missing something obvious?

Is there a Win10 version of this, the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack. Not that I'm moving to w10 anytime soon, but it seems the w7 version is dated 2014 and obviously has no support for the Nikon D810, D5, D500 etc.

This. Machine gun = 1) Belt fed and 2) Full Auto. Assault Rifle = 1) Select-fire (semi or FULL AUTO) and 2) Detachable box magazine. Semi-Auto = 1) one bullet per trigger pull and 2) Magazine that may or may not be detachable. This again. Nice to hear that little "ding" when hitting that...

Of course he doesn't need to move to AZ before obtaining an AR-15. Point being, once he's here, he should own one, to fit in. ;) The "AR-15 class of firearm" is one of America's favorite long-guns, after the shotgun and hunting rifle. And AR's are like today's modern high-end computer...

LMFAO! That's some funny shit Coug! Thanks for that!!!

I have no "best angle." Better angle, maybe, but no best one.

I think it was that I rented a 1.5x crop body that I wanted to test out. If I had the 14-24mm lens on a full frame body I'd probably have enough wide angle. Renting the 14-24/2.8 really makes me wish I had spent the extra money and bought it instead of the 16-35/4. Beside the huge bulbous...

Move to AZ. I'll buy you an AR-15. You'll fit right in. /kidding

That's about all the smile you are going to get out of me Lunar. Here's another pic of me taken by my friend. This one is even better because my face is hidden! LOL. Toward the end of the "Balcony House" tour you have to crawl through an 8 foot tunnel. 2m:5s mark on the youtube video for...

Going back to work after 12 days off really sucks. I was actually getting to the point where I had completely forgot about work and the shit that goes along with it. Back to shitty reality tonight.

Oh the right wing loves big government, and all the things it subsidizes. AKA the Military/Banking/Pharmaceutical/Telecommunication/"security-state"/Prison-Industrial-Complex(s).

Being someone with a bit of OCD, and not liking change. Take your time Doug. LMAO.

Contrary to the thread title, this is NOT my photograph. But it is a photograph my friend took of me at Four Corners. More vacation photos to come next weekend, hopefully.

Banks are like a long row of port-a-shitters at a monster truck rally. You may get lucky and find a good one to use, this time, but eventually that same shitter will be filled with projectile shit everywhere and will be a nightmare to deal with. There are no good banks, cable companies, phone...

I don't think it's nukes you have to worry about. It's 125 to 200 TRILLION dollars in UN-Funded liabilities that will come due in the next 15-20 years that will end this country as we know it.

Doh. Actual number of frames is 2736. Apparently the Nikon file system creates a new folder as the card fills up. Forgot to copy one of the folders off one of the memory cards. So maybe 15 decent/good shots. :D Good thing I didn't format the memory cards immediately after the first copy.

That is true. I wished I had a 24-70mm when shooting the cliff dwellings from across the canyons at Mesa Verde NP. The 36mm effective focal length on the D500 was not enough, while my 105mm was too much. That being said, I sorely wished for a wider FoV more often than a narrower one...

No tipped tripod. Somewhere in Arches NP I must have bumped the bottom of the camera and a small piece of plastic that holds the battery door in place broke off. I didn't even notice until the next day when I want to swap the battery and the battery door came off into my hand. I really like...

Back from my road trip. Dead tired and a bit sore and sun burned. This was the route we took. Started from Surprise and not downtown Phoenix, but you get the idea. Stopped at Petrified Forest NP, four corners, Mesa Verde NP, Arches NP, Capitol Reef NP and Natural Bridges National Monument...

I'm not looking at the histogram. Some JPGs just look a bit dark. Maybe I'm imagining things. I did a quick google and seems others are noticing "under exposed" images using the D500. Probably nothing to worry about. Any yeah, the buffer is not 200 frames on the D500. More like 35 frames...

My rental D500 and 14-24 lens came in today. Very well packaged. Lens wrapped in bubble wrap and inside padded lens bag. Inside a padded camera bag. Inside a cardboard box with foam insert on all six sides of box. Took me about 30 mins to figure out how to set Raw+JPG to both card slots...

As long as there is no rain, it should be good. I'd rather have it cold than warm. A quick weather check for eastern Utah & Colorado show lows in the low 40-50F so the A.M. will be a bit chilly, then warm up. I want it colder. Bit of snow on peaks even better.

OMG. Will summer ever end? It's in the 90s.......STILL......end of October! SHeesh.

Um, I don't know, perhaps, maybe, sell 1 or 2 of you 16-35 (or some of your 100-400) and use proceeds to help pay for 11-24? Just a thought. Do you still need multiple copies of the same lens?

Bad link again Lunar? Roger's EF 16-35/2.8 III test results here. The III blows away the II version. The III is even better than the f/4 16-35 but not by enough to justify the increased price, unless, you NEED f/2.8. The 24-70/2.8 II is a bit sharper in the center at 24mm, but once you get...

What are all these three letter codes at the end of your posts?

^^^ Might want to see a doctor.

The new Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8E is available for pre-order. Holy crap $2800. Only $850 more expensive than the Canon EF 70-200/2.8 II lens. MTF G version. {scroll down a bit} MTF E version. {scroll down a bit} The new E version does look like it will be sharper than the older G version...

I very much agree with you on this. For me it's something like 90% delete. 6% kinda interesting/decent/touristy, but, delete. 3.8% good, but needs work, could have been improved by doing X,Y,Z, keep for now. And finally, 0.2% are actually very-good to great but needs post-processing work...

This. However, I wish I had the time, and MONEY, to just go to Zion for 2 weeks and just take pics. During OFF season.

I pretty much did the same thing during my trip in April 2015. Zero planning. We are doing the same thing this year. Of course we rolled into Zion at 9pm and it was in April, plus it rained a bit before so some of the campgrounds emptied out into motels. We had to go to or call about 5-6...

I'm verified. Woot! I just called lensrentals.com and I'm all verified (first time renter). I got 6 extra days (2 before, 4 after trip) on rental to play around with the D500 after my trip. Email below. Order xxxxxx has been accepted by Will at LensRentals.com. It will ship for arrival...

^^^ Awesome road trip Handy. Three weeks definitely not enough time to explore those parks, unless you stay in the car and drive through and never stop. What time of the year did you take your trip? Were hoping for COLD weather and NO rain. And less poeple. I'm only spending 9 days + 1 day...

Yes, going to Mesa Verde NP and four-corners, on the way to Arches NP, Canyonlands NP and Capitol Reef NP. Plus we drive thru Petrified Forest NP on the way up. Nothing is set in stone. If there's lots to see we'll stay longer or move on quickly if less to see. Might not even go to all the...

My semi-planned road trip...

:scratch: I'm not sure I understand your question. If a rental camera has been treated badly it may fail but I don't think the results would be any different that from a camera I bought new. I am renting so we have a second body/lens for our road trip, so my friend and I don't have to share...

I have rented some camera equipment from Lensrentals.com that I'll take on my vacation/road trip thru AZ and UT. -Nikon D500 camera. -Nikkor 14-24/2.8 lens. -128 GB XQD memory card. -17 days. -All items with full damage+theft protection. -$732.85 (rental+ins+shipping+tax). My friend will be...

DD couldn't find the keys to the company excavator, so he has to manually dig up the lines for fixing.

I also get email notifications from Chase when my credit cards or debit card is used. For gas I just get, "As you requested, we are notifying you of a gas station charge. This charge was authorized at xxxxxxxxxxx #xxxx on {date} {time}." No dollar amount. At restaurants the email displays the...

I consume Altoids on a daily basis. I can't say if they are getting "weaker" or not, but it's no longer, "Oh God, Oh God. OOOHHHH GOOOOD!!!!!!!" if I put 3 cinnamon mints in my mouth at the same time. I think it's something you can get used to, like spicy foods.

This. Diet sodas are probably worse for you than regular sodas. You can actually get real sugar, and not HFCS, cokes. Just buy the Mexican made coca-colas in glass bottles.

Article quoted 326 PPI so about what a decent/modern cell phone displays. The linked article also mentioned a, "2.87-inch display, offering 1920x2160 resolution and rolling in at ... (1008 PPI)." Small yes, but no "jtr-visible" pixels in sight. ;) My late-40s vision is opposite of yours...

You waiting is almost over SD. Jan 2017* is just around the corner. What's a years delay anyways. /snark I think the new Tamron superzoom will be good. Their 15-30/2.8 is excellent, their 70-200/2.8 is very good. The Tamrom 35mm and 45mm f/1.8 primes are good and I believe (read some...

27" 8k (7680x4320) @ 120 Hz monitor from IGZO. Link. Quote from article ... "8K120 with HDR is no easy task, suggesting 7680x4320 at 10 bits per color channel (so 30-bit for RGB) at 120 times a second would suggest needing 120 gigabits per second of bandwidth at a minimum (or 15 GB/sec). That's...

Do people actually have their CC card numbers and security code memorized for ALL of their CCs??? I don't. Therefore I'd need my CC card, in my hand, in order to make an on-line purchase. I can see a few problems right off the bat however: 1) Merchant places an authorization on your card for...

This looks interesting. CVV code changes every hour on CCs.

I used to go to Costco and buy multiple cases of coke, dr pepper, 7-up, root beer, hawaiian punch, etc, etc. That was 12 years ago. I only drink water now and coffee on the days I work. I do "treat" myself to a coke when I go out to eat and it's SOOOOOOOOOOOO good. I went from 20-30...