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I understand the need for long, fast glass to be heavy. It has a job to do. But the D300 with a basic lens on it was double the 450D. The quick spec list: 14bit RAW 12MP 3" LCD LiveView Dust Reduction Of course, the longer spec list (and the price) show the D300 to be a much higher end...

The breaking point is whether I am carrying more memory cards or not. With 8GB cards, I don't bother to bring more, and with that I also don't carry the little case that I keep all my cards in. It's not the effort of changing a card, it is the additional accessories I'm trying to cut down on...

I would have just a little, probably picked the white shirt in the bottom of the image as a white point. Actually, I just stopped for a minute to play with it, and there is no way to cool the image down without making the hair in the foreground blue.

I know how to do this in Linux; just create a file and misstate how big it is, but I don't know in XP.

The bar has been lowered a bit, but all As and Bs wasn't something that I managed, so props to them.

I got to shoot with a friend's Nikon D300 today. All I could think was that it is damn heavy.

That was funny. User-initiated downloads, maybe.

Well, I went ballistic this afternoon and only did ~200 shots in an hour. I think the 3 8GB cards I have now will hold me for a while.

I'm waiting for my LowePro Deluxe Waistbelt to arrive, and if it fits, I'll be out walking around with 30 lbs on my hips for the afternoon. I did just pass 217lbs (BMI 27.9), so I am not happy.

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Considering nVidia's history of shortcutting standards, I wouldn't be too surprised.

The built in cleaning sensor can't do stuff that was attached with moisture. I've already had a speck stuck to the sensor on the 450D. I've been using a brush with good success.

My RAW files are averaging 16.4MB a piece. That means about 220 shots on a 4GB card. That is an afternoon for me, which would do fine, but I really don't like changing cards. Using 8GB cards means I don't need to carry spares for a day. I know Lunar likes to keep the number of shots per card...

Wow, Stereodude, nice find. Too bad the math isn't as favorable with 8GB cards. The 4GB is just too small with a 12MP body.

From what I've read, they never changed the terminology for focal lengths, so since those are both 1.5x crop sensors, it would show an equivalent to 75mm @ full-frame. A 28mm would be 42mm, and 42mm @ f2.8 with ISO800 could do quite a bit in lower light levels, but it depends upon your...

Patriot Memory 8GB Class 6 SDHC (PSF8GSDHC6-PC) RAW Writes from Canon 450D - 5.366MB/s with a StdDev of 0.091 after 10 tests. It could be better, and I'll likely get one really fast one to use as my primary, but in real life it is fine. If you shoot JPEG large fine, you can shoot until the...

Dupe :(

I only have one add-in card, but it takes ~15 seconds for it to detect all the arrays. That is by far the bulk of the boot time.

Now that I'm dual-booting, uptime rarely exceeds 2 hours. Fortunately, booting to an SSD makes it tolerable ;)

For the record, how long did the current one last?

I thought they kept bumping it up, not down...

I just went to Google the address for the local t-mobile store, and it turns out it has a Wikipedia entry:

Aha, nevermind. Found it under "SCSI device support -> SCSI low-level drivers -> 3Ware 9xxx SATA RAID support.

On 3Ware's site they state: But I don't see it listed anywhere in the "Linux Kernel 2.6.24.3 Configuration".

I'm fairly confused at the moment. The OS is currently running on 2.6.24-19-generic. I took the source for 2.6.24 and compiled it using the exact config file from the working installation, and copied the entry from menu.lst only changing the name. And it still refuses to boot (same error as...

It's finally cool enough to walk to dinner. 1.5 miles each way to a great burger joint, where I'm sure the sweet potato fries will counter any benefit the 3 mile walk will have.

...and exposes you to "Carpet Bombing" Only masochists install Apple software on windows. The only people I know to write worse software for the platform is HP. Edit: Outside the anti-virus business, that is.

My father wrote one a while back that I used, but it isn't for sale anymore. Payroll Companion for Windows

Looks like I also need to clear out the appropriate /lib/modules/ folder as well. Anything else?

I'm still chewing on this and starting to make a mess. What is the best way to go about getting rid of all these kernels that aren't working? I can go into /usr/src and delete the files there, but there are still a mess in /boot Can I just delete those as root? Is there anything else I should...

Your speed argument I can understand, though SD has been making significant strides in that area. But the "small, flimsy, and fiddly" I don't. It is smaller, but that strikes me as a plus. I did some destructive testing with some smaller cards, and they held up quite well. Also the side-contact...

I will later today. It's supposed to be 100F here today (!) so we'll be heading down to Monterey, maybe taking my sailboat out.

I agree with you Fushigi, but I don't think that matters either. The masses have become stupid enough that it no longer matters what the laws say or what the smart people know. I have completely lost hope; and that means that someone way worse than terrorists have won.

Sweet. Thanks Handruin. That was a damn fast turnaround.

Still no love, though the error was now preceded by a number: [22.513299] Kernel Panic - not synching: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)Back to the drawing board ;)

When was the last time that slowed them down?

And that showed up just in time to bump telecom immunity from the headlines. Looks like it's trash day.

I found the "config-2.6.24-19-generic" file in /boot. I'm going to see if xconfig will accept that as a starting point...

Well, that didn't work. I must have failed to include some bits for my hardware: Kernel Panic - not synching: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) The OSes are on a RAID-0 array on a 3Ware RAID controller. Is there some way to say "make the kernel exactly the same as the current...

make xconfig (once I had QT3 installed) seems to be the GUI I was after. Let's see if I can compile a bootable kernel this time...

You don't need to go too high-end.

I stand massively corrected. But I'm sure Merc will mention that kids who can't print in color aren't happy kids.

Thanks e_dawg. Although I do like medium-sized prints (24"x36", and 60" wide panos), most of the time I'll be displaying them on screens with 1920x1080 resolution. So the "presentation" size is typically 1000-2000 pixels high. I've been looking at pano-heads to avoid parallax, but I've just...

For a $50 budget, you are in pure inkjet crap territory. Even the cheapest lasers start at about five times that. I am also impressed, Merc. I've done smaller builds and smaller groups, but that is really awesome.

Thanks for the tip. At one point, I shot the same pano with a 3 shots @ 10mm, ~8 shots @ 50mm, and 100+ shots at 200mm. There is no doubt in my mind that the 200mm capture was sharper and cleaner, but having a pano that is more than 25,000 pixels wide causes issues with JPGs, and is cumbersome...

I just got the e-mail from them an hour ago, and already signed up ;)

My old 24" widescreen CRTs weighed in at just under 100 pounds. They were awesome for gaming.

Because a couple former employees still have e-mail accounts, and I want as little to do with it as possible.

When a friend had this 40" CRT, I had to help him move. I offered to pitch in on a new LCD so long as we could leave the beast where it was.

Damn, well said Merc. Mind if I quote you on that?