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Just wondering if the "pro" Tokina will be any better than their older one. $2k is a lot for a new Nikon, especially if a newer version is in the works. I won't need anything soon as its still too hot to do anything outside. I'll start thinking seriously about it three months from now.

There's not some plugin for 5DSR RAW's? This looks interesting. I wonder how it compares to the Nikon version. I wonder if a new Nikon 24-70 with PF element will be out anytime soon? The 300mm f/4 PF lens is very good.

This time the rain came at 4 a.m., and again it was too hot outside to enjoy it.

Don't forget reliability. In fact, I'd put reliability first (I'm obviously NOT a "car guy"), as a reliable car is both safer and more affordable than an unreliable car.

That sucks! I was able to get 3mb/3mb cable in 1997 via @Home cable (bought by Comcast) in SoCal. Nearly 20 years later and things still suck for large portions of the U.S. The small number of data carriers are stifling the vast economic potential from millions of people that should have...

"AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Video Card Review" @ HardOCP. Underwhelming performance @ a $650 price point. The 980ti is faster, has 6GB vs 4GB video memory and has HDMI 2.0 vs HDMI 1.4 to boot.

This. A 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x this! I think there are probably twelve people on the planet who are limited by their gear and not themselves. Lunar is one of those twelve ;) Of course when it's pushing 115F outside it's hard to get any motivation to leave the house.

I upgraded my 8088 with a NEC V20. COASt memory modules. Cache-On-A-Stick. Aren't there already a few "my first computer" threads here already? All this nostalgia is making me feel even older than my late 40s body already feels now.

+1 for YouTube "how to" guides.

I've been thinking about some type of password manager for a while now because some of my passwords are just too hackable. I guess I could google the answers. But anyways...Does Lastpass create backups of your PW file in case primary is lost/corrupted? Does it allow you to print a copy of...

Summer is finally here in the valley of the sun, aka fiery hell. We've actually had a late start to summer this year and it actually rained in June. But all that is over now and it's hot as F. Link.

Still $160 and still in-store only. :( I miss not having a micro center here in AZ. Loved the CA store.

I wish there was a Dell or HP version of this monitor. Large forum thread here.

Update from Backblaze here.

So if one "upgrades" from 7 or 8.x you get a new win10 key you can use. And your old 7 or 8 key is no longer valid can can't be activated? The free upgrade also makes and adoption rates look better too.

Yes Please!!! Link.

Not great photographs or anything, just an attempt to catch a double rainbow without getting too much rain on my camera/lens. It was much more dramatic (and more defined) than I could capture with the camera. I tried with and without CP filter. CP filter was better.

Is that a water cooled receiver? That's tight! LMAO.

I've mentioned this before, but if I was a sick SOB I could kill 2-4 Doves/day if I wanted to. Those damn birds DO NOT MOVE when you are driving toward them. Just this morning I was coming home from work and drove right up on 2 of them. I was 2' away, slowed down to 5 MP/H before they decided...

I was joking. LOL. Not going to spend 24k on a lens anytime soon. Even if I won the lottery I probably wouldn't buy that lens. I'd rather have the $18k 800mm f/5.6 if I was going to spend stupid money on a lens.

Sweet. The lens I wanted just came up for sale on fleabay.

Well I did crop the JPG image but that was about it. ;) Yeah, we went to Emerald Pools in Zion early in the day, but realized that late afternoon would have been better. With canyons and high mountains lighting is tricky. Really early A.M. might mean backlighting/silhouetting but late day...

If that's the trail that's just off the Sunset Point parking lot and goes UP then we didn't get to it. We went on a multi-hour hike DOWN the Navajo loop trail then headed back up to "Wall Street" to the closed section. Then from the 4-way intersection we headed further down toward the Peekaboo...

Yeah it was shot mid-day so it's a bit flat. I haven't done any post processing yet. And as far as your picture goes, she's a cutie and I think you are going to need to buy a shotgun in the future.

More vacation shots A few more crops from my AZ/UTAH vacation. 1. Bryce Canyon. 2. Little Colorado (just east of Grand Canyon). 3. Closeup of #2. The Little Colorado is a remarkable place, really flat prairie then an immediate drop off of up to 800 feet to the river below. One of the best...

Nobody really. If you are in an older home with aluminum wire or if you neighborhood is under served by your utility your voltage may dip to 100v. DD don't you have that PSU. Any wild chance you still have the box and/or manual? Is there anything that says wattage will be lower if voltage...

HardOCP recently tested this PSU and found a potential problem for people that actually need all 1500 watts. If you are on marginal power and voltage drops to 100v your $400 PSU won't supply 1500 watts. Of course if you are on a 15A circuit you are already pushing things with a 1500 watt PSU.

^^^^ The auto makers and gas producers have lots of cash (for bribes) to give to our elected leaders. Cities will continue to have cars.

If Win10 is free I probably don't want it.

Thanks for that description. I want to keep things as simple as possible. If I create a really nice photo that I'd want printed/mounted I can send the RAW out to a friend for post processing and printing. But for now I'm going to just try to shoot as much as possible and worry about post...

Good info. As far as how sharp the 28-70 is I was just using the photozone.de charts and it looked good as compared to the 24-70. Your mention of the 2000-era AF motors is something I didn't think about or know about. And that would definitely be a concern for a 15 year old used lens. If a...

This. The reason the utilities offer lower cost off-peak power is to reduce daytime demand, thus preventing the necessity of building more power plants to meet daytime peak demand. If enough shift occurs through battery usage the cheaper rate goes away and the "cost savings" part of the...

I didn't take it as sounding rough at all. I never would. I know you aren't that type of person. My reply was more of an explanation for me posting EXIF data as Sed showed confusion, Lunar was annoyed and you agreed with Lunar. Sorry my OCD causing me to explain/justify my actions. I...

I have not adjusted and/or tested the AF system yet. I probably should, especially for closeup macro work. The bee shot was literally the first time I use the camera and didn't know how to adjust the AF system to a single AF point. As I was shooting the camera would "randomly" pick an AF...

"DirectX 12 Video Crosses the Uncanny Valley" from Blue's News. Watch the video.

I'm considering picking up the Nikon 28-70 f/2.8D zoom. It's $800 on ebay. Or $330'ish here. Any issues using Canadian ebay from U.S.? Photozone.de tests show it to be at sharp as the $1900, 24-70mm f/2.8G nikkor. Well, a bit sharper wide open and in the corners, and a bit less sharp in the...

I'm a bit late in replying but let me say now that I'm sorry you have to deal with this now, right when things were starting to come together for you. But I have no worries that you will survive this and thrive. My parents should have gotten a divorce 15 to 20 years, YEARS, before they did and...

I actually agree with both you and Lunar. The end result is what's important. I simply asked you specifically about digital post processing because it's something I have ZERO knowledge of and need to learn at least some basics. I remember dodging and burning to effect exposure and the use of...

A few shots from my trip. More to come. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Taken on an overlook on AZ highway 89a heading toward the north rim entrance road. 35mm focal length. Exposure: 1/160, @ f5.6, ISO 125. 2. Taken on the entrance to the narrows trail in Zion NP. 16mm focal length...

Nice shots. Seems you visited some of the parks I wanted to visit but ran out of time.

Thanks sed. How long was the sensor exposed to light in fractions of a second, how large was the hole in the lens the light passed through and how sensitive was the sensor. A lot less complicated than computer jargon. /golf-clap. That is a nice macro shot. Did you bump up the colors a bit...

I got back from my trip late Thursday afternoon. Trip turned into a "photography" trip instead of the traditional "road trip" so only went to the "Little Colorado" gorge (just east of Grand Canyon NP), Zion and Bryce. Just over 1000 miles but most of that was first and last day. My friend and...

Any recommendations, comments, or suggestions on image hosting? I'm using Postimage.org Some 1:1 crops of macro shots. These were taken before I knew anything about my camera and its auto-focus system. I still know next to nothing. Exposure was 1/250 @ f/5.6, ISO 100-250. Man's best...

Honestly I can't tell you much yet as I've only had them for a couple weeks. They are big and expensive and heavy Nikon lenses but they aren't in the same "build quality" class as your 24-70 and 70-200. By prime do you mean the 50mm? I think you'd be better served by your 24-70, unless you...

I hope my suggestion didn't sound like any type of demand. I have to stay up for 35 hours straight to reset my "sleep clock" (I work mights, sleep days normally) so I can have a "normal" sleep schedule for my upcoming road trip, hence, I was messing with my sig and came up against the 500...

Thanks for the feedback. I've reduced the font size in my sig. I'll check to see if it can go smaller. Can the admin allow a smaller font size within the forum software? I'd like to reduce the font size of my sig so it's all there but doesn't effect forum readability. EDIT: The font size...

Merc would love this. Yes, Western Digital hard drives have a purpose after all.

I did a quick search and couldn't find a recent dedicated photo posting thread. So I'd like to start one here. These are photographs you have taken and not pictures you copied off the web. All images are owned & copyrighted by the respective poster and can not be used without their express...

Signature Length increase. Current max is 500 characters. If there's no objections from other users can this be bumped up a bit? Nothing crazy, maybe 750? Or is my current sig (cut down to meet current guidelines) too long and obnoxious already? LOL. Thanks in advance.

Yessir. That's the Joby Pro Sling Strap I bought. From that exact link actually. Other than my 2013 computer purchase (in my sig) and recent DSLR purchase I haven't bought anything nice for myself (over $500) for a good 8 years. So yeah, for me I'm going nuts with the spending but it's all...