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These look nice. A bit pricey perhaps, but nice.

Exactly. Thank You for the confirmation. Perhaps next year, and if I'm using the tele-zoom enough to justify the cost, I'll pick up a crop body. When I was considering the Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF lens I was thinking of using it with the 1.4x TC. But that lens/TC combo is nearly $1000 more...

No boats. I honestly can't remember the last time I've been on a boat. 12 years maybe? Thanks for the tip. Page bookmarked for further reference. I still only have the D610. FX. But yes, tele on DX and 16-35mm on FX body would be the plan. I was only thinking, not really seriously...

Not sure to be honest. It didn't seem like a "correct" windows dialog box, so I suspect a browser popup. I'll have to take another look and see if anything got installed or if some goofy process in running. I didn't spend a whole lot of time on it as I had to get to work. Java is not...

Still considering a filter for front element protection but a 95mm filter ain't cheap. Going to try birding and wildlife shooting. Never thought I'd get into that, but have been thinking about it for a while and thought I'd give it a shot. Plus on my last northern-AZ/southern-UT trip saw a...

Mom had a dialog box with this on here computer today: Cox+Communications Customer, your system has detected possible Suspicious Activity. Please call the toll-free number below for a Microsoft-Certified technician to help you resolve the issue: 1-855-410-9169. For your safety, please do not...

Looks good so far.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. As long as it keeps working I wouldn't want you to waste time/money on "upgrading" a thing. When we see posts from Merc praising the reliability of WD HDD, Samsung's wonderful RMA process and the utter delight S*NY brings to his heart, I'll know we've been...

Well I placed my order for the Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6E on the 29th of OCT. I wonder how long before it comes back in stock and ships. :) Any update on this DD? Very interested on how things turned out. We have some actual data from Roger Cicala of LensRentals.com now regarding the Nikkor...

:scratch: I thought the 950 pro is available in 256 and 512 GB versions only?

So many ways to respond to this. LMAO.

I've always done this since Win98se. Do not check for or download updates. Ever. I can manually check once-week, thank you. Seems some of the updates that are removed by the script show, and then hidden, show up again under optional updates. Have to check against the list and uncheck/hide...

This. Much thanks. I already know Lunar is going to beat me over the head with a 200-500mm lens if I put a filter on it. And I agree with you 95%, but I am really clumsy, yes that clumsy, so I'll probably go without filter unless wind/rain are in the forecast, or I have too many "close...

Until I just looked it up I didn't know the 1D iv was an APS-H (1.3x) crop camera!?! So even with 2MP less resolution it beats the full frame 1D X as far as "reach" goes. My OCD should have caught that earlier. ;) I'd like the "reach" numbers for my 24MP Nikon D610 and the 36MP D810, 24MP...

For some goffy reason his link code is: "{URL="http://Link: http://amzn.com/B00EQ1X5EC"}this monster{/URL}" I've replaced [ with { so it wouldn't create a link. Maybe a bbs hiccup or just DD copy/pasting too fast. ;) Maybe this? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQ1X5EC?

tl;dr Install KB3065987 and use policy editor? or Let script uninstall KB3065987 and forget policy editor? ~~~~~ I finally got around to doing this. I'm a bit confused regarding your "this too" second step. The first step of your "this too" page is to install a the Windows 7 or 8.1 patch...

Samsung 950 Pro PCIe SSD. Anandtech article here. "The Samsung 950 Pro is the new flagship consumer drive and it eschews the backwards compatibility and the 2.5" SATA form factor of the three previous iterations of the 8xx Pro family in favor of a PCI Express 3.0 x4 connection in the M.2 2280...

Wants vs Needs. Well the Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8E ED VR is back in stock at B&H Photo. $2400. That's a huge chunk of change for a lens that reportedly not all that much better than the old f/2.8G lens. VR is nice, but it's bigger and heavier with a filter diameter of 82mm vs 77mm. I'll have to...

Update? Has your computer melted from processing 9999 RAW files yet? Perhaps the 9999 limit is related to the arbitrary 29m59s video recording limit put in place to prevent the E.U. 4.9-12.5% tax on video equipment?

Yes, it's an employee plan. Huge company. Don't know if the medical is any good as I've never used it. $27.69 pre-tax deduction every pay period. $27.69 * 26 = $720/year.

One of my Sandisk Extreme SD cards was acting funny 4-5 months ago and now I know the reason. Damn you WD!!! Sandisk wants to be bought out. And it happens. Makes sense for WD to buy into the memory game. Spinning HDs will be gone in five years or so and they'll need to evolve or die.

Medical: Blue Cross/Blue Shield - $60/month. Dental: Delta Dental - $7/month. Vision: VSP - $2/month. Individual. PPO plan. Pre-tax deductions. Never used the medical, don't even have a PCP. I should find one, but I haven't. I've used the dental which has a $50 deductible. If I did two...

Win7 has a new "fun" feature: w10-Wack-O-Mole. Every patch-day you wack your computer with various scripts and .BAT files to prevent w10 from installing on your computer. Fun. But seriously...if one runs the scripts/bat files posted above are you "safe" from the w10 virus being installed on...

Canon has their 50 MP cameras the 5Ds and 5Ds R. If you put 50 MP in the "pro" body then people would only have to buy ONE camera.....Duuuuuuuuuuuuh. ;) I'm probably going to picking up this lens as it seems to be way better than the price indicates. I was also considering the 300mm f/4E PF...

Thanks for the heads up Lunar. Lunar's other reply to my "1D X mark II" post when I accidentally posted in it another thread: Interesting and good to know. All modern Canon lenses AFAIK have electronic aperture control correct? Nikon is just starting to upgrade their lenses to "E" series...

^^^ damn your fast Lunar. I posted in the wrong thread and was in the process of moving it when you had already replied. LOL.

Get your huge grains of salt ready... Canon EOS-1D X Mark II spec list. Nikon D5 spec list. "61pt AF "all crosstype & f/8" and "16fps with AF/20fps in liveview" are a Canon birders/wildlife shooters dream. While the 15fps and native high ISO of 102,400 for the D5 are extra yummy as well.

Doh, posted in wrong thread.

We need another script/fix/patch for this Tuesday's update. I think I'll hold off updating a bit.

I guess DD isn't a gear-whore, at least DSLR-wise. Few question, which I keep forgetting to ask, regarding "aperture crop" using DD's 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 as an example. His 7Dii is a crop sensor with a 1.6x factor so the reach of this lens is approx 160-640mm. 1) You also have to apply the...

:scratch: I just woke up so many I'm not getting it yet, but what are you referring to Lunar? DD doesn't have the 200-400 .................. yet. I mentioned the Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6E but I don't think that's it either. Are you referring to the misadventure that fell upon you 5DsR? And you...

She finished off the beer and is heading for the bubbles? Watch DD you have a wild one there.

MUCH THANKS for all the work you put in to try and solve this problem that seems to effect mostly me. I've had this problem without having any special characters in the text but I hope it helps nonetheless. It still might be partially caused on my end by some interference between my browser...

It's spelled <CRTL-C> <CRTL-V>.

Actually after having re-read this I realized I made a mistake. baud <> CPS. Baud in this case referred to BITS. So 110 baud was 110 BITS-PER-SECOND or about 11 cps. 300 baud was 30 cps. I believe this was the case up to 2400 baud. Then we started to get multiple bits per baud. The "9600...

My enthusiasm is back. The 200-500mm is better than the 80-400 according to Camera Labs. It's just one review so far, and maybe they received an exceptional copy of the lens, but I'm happy nevertheless. It's even decent with the 1.4x TC. And like Lunar mentioned it's a cheaper lens so don't...

Somewhat related to this thread: I got a: "Fatal Error: Invalid URL." (on a completely white screen with just those words) when I clicked the "go advanced" button. Hit the back button the tried again and it was OK. Maybe a Firefox v41.0.1 caused/related error? I guess I just have bad luck...

Ouch! Double Ouch! Very sorry you have to deal with the losing side of the genetic lottery.

If you brush/floss regularly, don't notice any changes and HAVE NOT CHIPPED a tooth, once-a-14-year trip is about right. Probably never would be fine too, but a cleaning every 14 years is fairly cheap I guess. 15-16 years ago I had a very minor chip that I didn't think was anything important...

Yes. Noise is not a concern for me at this time. Like DD I'm just trying to take a decent shot FIRST and worry about the esoteric aspects later on down the road some time............maybe.........if I ever get there. Edit: Discuss, Learn, and enjoy information regarding the esoteric aspects...

That's 30,000x faster than first time I sat in a friends house and connected to another computer via modem. 110 baud. 110 CPS. And it was coolest F'ing thing in the world, back in 83-84'ish.

Bummer. This has curbed my enthusiasm just a bit. Gonna wait till all day one issues are resolved and a few test results come back. The 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G is expensive and I don't need half its range. Very good IQ. The 300mm f/4E PF is semi expensive but doesn't have as much reach...

We still don't have 40" 4k displays from Dell or HP yet. We're still 3-5 years away from a graphics card that can drive an 8k display at 60+ Hz for gaming.

Interesting. Playing devil's advocate ... I wonder if there's a bug in HWMonitor that is reporting out-of-spec ratings for your processor. Has this behavior been observed using other programs?

/conspiracy theory mode=ON "Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, Because he knows the time is short... Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast For it is a human number, Its number is Six hundred and sixty six." /conspiracy theory...

It is nice to be able to fully utilize your 100+ mb/s internet connection.

That's what I'm afraid of Mubs. MS will just re-issue the not installed/removed updates with another KB update. Perhaps one of the anti-malware programs can add the spyware w10 KB updates to their list of scanning targets. This. We don't get to choose what we want to install, or NOT...

Doesn't Intel need to increase and WIDEN its support for SSDs in their chipsets? Full RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50,60,etc, and include all the various commands that SSDs need to function in a proper raid? Or are there software only solutions for SSD-raid that are rock-solid reliable?

"Intel Announces SSD DC P3608 Series" Anandtech blurb here. "Intel is introducing a new family of enterprise PCIe SSDs with the aim of outperforming their existing DC P3600 series and even beating the DC P3700 series in many metrics. To do this, they've essentially put two P3600 SSDs on to one...

The site is still super quick and responsive. Only problem is this. It rare. Only once a month or so. Probably a bug somewhere in the software. I've been trained to copy my long replies to notepad so I don't lose those long replies. Again, thanks for the site, as well as its operation...