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^^^ Both of those look somewhat interesting but I won't be satisfied until the size get up to 40". I want size and not just higher pixel density. I believe some of the Samsung TVs do 3840 x 2160 x 60Hz with 4:4:4 chroma but I want a "dedicated" computer monitor and not a TV. And 40".

Good to hear that someone else thought the Joby was the way to go. I think you'd be paralyzed pretty quick if you had to walk around with your 7Dii + 100-400mm + 2x TC with just a neck strap. Even my 105mm macro lens is too much to hang down from my neck. I still need to get some type of...

Yes I need to get a better LCD cover. The stock one is doing its job for now and it's pretty secure and won't fall off easily. Thanks for the link. Don't know why the video for the Joby won't load for you? Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eryRFR87xI If link doesn't work just go...

My backpack camera bag came in. Here is a shot of what it looks like filled up... Camera body with attached battery grip and 105mm Macro lens. Above that is the battery charger. To the right is the 16-35mm. Above the zoom is the body cap and 105mm rear cap. Above that is the 50mm. To...

Cable routing man, cable routing. Clean that mess up. LOL. Actually now-a-days something like that could be considered "modern art" and it's functional so that's a plus. But please tidy up the cables and take a wider-angled shot, wanna see the whole setup. :)

I spend $1019 on an oil change yesterday. They "threw-in" four new tires and replacement engine motor mounts for my POS (in comparison to your A3) 2002 Saturn SL2.

First thing you should do is buy two more Titan Xs and go quad-SLI, just to eliminate performance as the reason for the issue. LOL.

Argh!!!! /facepalm Issue came up again with this post. Going to delete cookies and reboot to see if it helps. EDIT: Deleting cookies didn't see to work. Click link above, then "Reply with Quote", then click "Go Advanced" and edit box is empty? Strange. Maybe it's just me.

My two additional EN-EL15 L-ion batteries arrived. Consecutive S/N. 20141007xxxx15 and xxxx16. The Oct'2014 date is better than the June'2013 I got with the body. The Manfrotto BeFree tripod arrived. It's great or crap, depending on usage. As a well-made, small (15.75” folded length), portable...

Lots of higher end MECHANICAL keyboards are still available in PS/2 format. And since they are high-end, quality, and expensive they are usually carried over between builds. And unless you are sitting on your couch or laying on your bed your keyboard should be wired. Once you go mechanical...

That's a good point. I don't want to keep re-buying bags as I acquire more gear. I want to get one more lens, probably a 24-70mm or similar zoom. Don't think I'll be looking into getting a 70-200mm or longer tele anytime soon. If I do become more interested in shooting wildlife and get a...

No problems/issues for me here in the Phoenix, AZ region of the country. Thanks for the upgrade.

Mark was an active folding@home person. Anybody check the stats to see when his points stopped coming in? Still hope we are wrong about this whole thing. As far are Merc's suggestion about a memorial...CougTek is correct of course and "a memorial is for people who keep living." How about a...

Camera sling and a backpack are the two main things I have left to get. For now. I know I don't want to keep using the "stock" Nikon neck strap and need to get some type of sling. The "Black Rapid" is the first thing that jumps to mind but there are several brands/types. Almost too many...

Man that sucks. Hopefully all of our circumstantial evidence is just that, and that notice isn't him.

Tripod and Head. Thanks for the Manfrotto tip Lunar. I'm going to go with the Manfrotto BeFree with basic ball head for $200. 3 vs 7.7 pounds. $200 vs $340. 16" v 24" folded size. Also considered the Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 Aluminum Tripod for $240. and the Manfrotto MHXPRO-3W 3-Way Pan/Tilt...

He sold some/all of his Canon L series lenses 1.5 years ago. He posted them here, but also listed them on eBay. Three sold Oct 26, 2013. He lives/lived in Salem, Oregon. No goodbye message? No, "You guys are A-holes....I'm out-ah-here" message. Admin here didn't ban him. No obvious...

^^^^^ Good info Lunar. Very good. I'll take it to heart. Thanks again.

When I say "rich" I mean people making at least 5-10m year. Not people who have a business that's "worth" 5m but actually make 200k/y but actual 10m/y paycheck people. Yep.

You forgot the Military Industrial Complex. No wait. That's only for the rich.

I guess as a general rule you need 1/lens mm shutter speed for sharp pictures. So with your 100-400mm and 2x TC you should be around 1/1000 at the long end (assuming no IS). If you can get sharp shots at 1/60 that would be 4 stops of IS. Lunar says the IS is very good on that lens so you may...

I've used TaxAct Online for 3 years now. Takes about 1.5 hours. $20 for Fed & State Efile. Fed refund in 8 days, State in 6 days. :) My brothers refund went from a couple thousand to $8-9000 refund with accountant. So if you have lots of complicated options, stock, IRAs, house sale, etc...

Light weight, fast AF and IQ are excellent reasons to use any particular lens. But I think the low cost of entry is a factor as well. Easier, cost-wise for the non-pro, to jump into wildlife photography with a f/5.6 than f/2.8. If you never use your 400mm f/5.6 is there any reason you...

Late yes, but I still appreciate the input. I have four PNY 64GB SD cards and four Sandisk 64GB SD cards. My D610 has two SD slots. I'm saving RAW+JPG (both max quality). I set camera so slot 2 is a backup/mirror/RAID-1 of slot 1. And even with the highest quality settings and backup I'm...

Thanks again for running the forums here. If for whatever reason, sometime in the future, you need additional financial resources to keep this forum up and running please let us know and we'll all be happy to help out. Or DD will just send you a fat check :)

Right get that. The crop-factor doesn't magically change a lens. But isn't it effectively 1280mm (vs FX sensor) on DD's crop 7Dii? :scratch::scratch:

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My camera goodies arrived early this week... My camera goodies arrived early this week... In three boxes. Two from Adorama and one from Best Buy. Best Buy box only contained the 50mm lens. One Adorama box only contained the 16-35mm zoom. The small boxes were packed with excellent padding...

100-400mm + 2x extender + 1.6x crop-factor = 320-1280mm f/11. (if my maths correct) That's some SERIOUS reach. I'm jealous of your 1000+mm reach. The Nikon 80-400mm is $500 more and not quite as good. What shutter speed are you hand-holding 1280mm at? Are you getting 4-stops of IS or closer...

Vegas is also one of the four "hot-spots" (w/ NY, LA, Phoenix) for meeting up with actual "adult film performers." :)

I thought that was available in Europe ONLY :( Yeah I believe it's VA and not IPS but ticks most of the other boxes. Especially the 40" size :) Large multi-page thread here.

^^^Merc's post above^^^ I've always wanted to have a truck/camper shell and just live/visit all the national parks/recreation areas one by one. And when I was done, I'd be ready to start over. Of course you have to be independently wealthy to do that. So yeah, the tiny, movable house appeals...

The 10 fps is going to make you sound like a pro too! LOL.

I don't really know how good any of the filters I bought are yet. Mainly going to use the UV for lens protection when the CP isn't attached. It's only $20 so if it's worthless no big deal. It's been 20 years since I took a DSLR picture so I probably have some old habits to unlearn ;)

I went ahead and bought a Nikon 50mm f/1.4G lens. I always wanted a f/1.4. A 24mm, 35mm or 85mm f/1.4 would be $1500-2200 so those are out. Only thing left if the 50mm. It's $150 more than the f/1.8G version. The 1.8 is a tiny bit sharper in the center but the 1.4 is a tiny-tiny bit sharper...

Yep. My packages are on the way at least. And if all the correct things get here in perfect shape I'll relax a bit. I think you are going to have fun with the 100-400mm. Better than the Nikon 80-400 4.5-5.6/VR. I better stop looking at Canon lens test reports or I'm going to regret going...

"In stock and ready to ship" with "Express 1-3 day" shipping from Adorama is going to take 8 and 9 days to arrive (two boxes). Sigh. No fun this weekend :( They called my home to verify purchase, don't know if that's normal, never had a merchant do that. I gave them my "rarely used burner...

^^^ Some type of goofy power saving mode perhaps?

Good info. I'll stay away from the slower cards. Pretty much what I was figuring as well. I plan on eventually 2 tripods. Standard size and a smaller one for macro work. Didn't think about #2 but would be useful for macro work to get away from camera in case my shadow casts on subject...

Thanks for the feedback Will. Good to know that the faster memory cards make a difference. If I can ask, what are you shooting to fill the buffer and forcing a noticeable difference? The D610 buffer should hold 8-10'ish RAW+JPG images? Do you have fast 30-40MB/s and really slow, say 10 MB/s...

MUCH THANKS Lunar. I'm going to have to send you a gift card or something for all the hand holding you've done for me. LMAO. That's crazy. Well I guess not crazy for you. Did you buy your third, or was it your fourth, 200-400mm zoom yet? :-D :-D :-D I'm going to get two of the 64GB...

Lunar I have a bunch of stuff in my Adorama shopping cart and ready to pull the trigger, but can you link or suggest a Circular Polarizer available/in-stock at Adorama. Specific model if you can. Not uber but not crap either. Need 77mm filter and maybe a 62mm as well if you think the CP...

The site CameraMemorySpeed.Com has a very extensive review of CF and SD cards. They used up to 9 different card readers and also measure IN CAMERA write speed for various cameras. Seems the DSLRs write to the CF or SD card at 40-85% the speed vs the card readers. For the D600 the write speeds...

Anybody have any SD memory card suggestions? I was thinking about just picking up a couple of these 64GB cards for $35/each. I don't plan on shooting high-speed bursts. But if there is way better value (faster/cheaper/larger) out there I'd appreciate any suggestions. Should I get more, but...

You have made some very good points and I'm glad you did. I feel like a dope because in the previous post I said I want, "w, x, y, z" primes but when I got to thinking about how I'd use each one I realized having a bunch of primes is probably not the way to go. Times have changed and so have...

I had this pop up again early this A.M. in DSLR thread. It's been two months since I had this issues so was, WTH when it happened again. LOL. I wonder if my re-sizing/enlarging the text-entry box caused the issue. Hard to replicate error so maybe just an actual glitch or issue on my end...

Lens filters. Nikon, B+W, Hoya, Tiffen, etc, etc, etc. 800 brands. What's crap? What's "good, but you're paying for the name"? What's good w/decent price. This link for the 16-35mm has two options. 1) Lens, USA-Warranty; and 2) Lens, USA-Warranty and 77mm UV filter. SAME PRICE. What's...

Yeah, the bag was the first thing, other than body/lenses I was thinking about. Gotta protect the goodies. The D610 kit link in my previous post comes with some type of bag. Don't know if it's decent or crap but if it's not big/good enough I can get an additional better one. I meant to ask...

Final thought before purchase /wall-o-text warning. Where I'm at in my DSLR selection process: 1) Nikon for the body. D610 now then upgrade to D810 or future 50mp Nikon in the future. Nice D610 kit here for $1500. 2) I've confirmed with a friend that he's very willing to buy my used...

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical. $369 @ B&H. If Nikon or Canon made this lens, auto-focus of course, with same resolution and chromatic aberration but with just a bit less distortion/vignetting they'd sell a bunch at $1200. I might drop $1500 if everything tested well. But...