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Post by squirrel010 on Jun 25, 2023 7:47:09 GMT -5
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Post by MusicHead on Jun 25, 2023 17:37:37 GMT -5
That's a great pic. I was actually taking some sunset pics at my house the other night. Primarily because we're putting our house on the market and I wanted some backyard pics with my landscape lights right at sunset. I experimented with all sorts of settings but I'm really clueless when it comes to cameras. I've got a Canon 7D and while I could take pics in auto I'm trying to learn the basics of manual settings. This is a good place to start getting a bearing: photographylife.com/learn-photographyBut keep experimenting, that is the key to go beyond just acquiring knowledge and actually develop skills.
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Post by 405x5 on Jun 25, 2023 17:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by Zombie on Jun 25, 2023 21:37:04 GMT -5
That's a great pic. I was actually taking some sunset pics at my house the other night. Primarily because we're putting our house on the market and I wanted some backyard pics with my landscape lights right at sunset. I experimented with all sorts of settings but I'm really clueless when it comes to cameras. I've got a Canon 7D and while I could take pics in auto I'm trying to learn the basics of manual settings. This is a good place to start getting a bearing: photographylife.com/learn-photographyBut keep experimenting, that is the key to go beyond just acquiring knowledge and actually develop skills. Well, thanks for that link but now my head is really spinning, lol. I think I need a stiff drink. I’ve got some Johnny Walker Blue in the cabinet so I’ll start with that and get to reading…
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Post by vcautokid on Jun 30, 2023 14:20:25 GMT -5
The companion to my 1D mk.4 the 1DX. A bit over a 1/3 of its life done, but still in excellent condition. Still love the Sony's, but I want this beast anyway.
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Post by marcl on Jun 30, 2023 15:39:06 GMT -5
I've had my eye on these for years but never felt I could justify the cost. Of course I had my eye on the $1000 models. But this week I was taking a closer look in anticipation of being off the grid in Arctic Canada in August, and I thought it might be handy to have a device that tracks our travels as we weave in and out and around and through the Northwest Passage to Greenland. So I downsampled my requirements to the Garmin Fenix 7 or 7 Solar, and found this 7 Solar online used and in mint condition ... and sold by a guy 12 miles from my house. $300 off list price! And I have until August to learn how to use it. Also ... I REALLY want to get back to the Bisti and Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness areas in Northwestern New Mexico within the next couple years and hiking with GPS is mandatory ... virtually featureless desert with no cell service, no trails, no signs ... and often hiking in or out in the dark!
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Post by cwmcobra on Jun 30, 2023 22:11:41 GMT -5
Arriving tomorrow. Gonna watch some movies this weekend!! On the new Panasonic DP-UB420-K.
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Post by vcautokid on Jul 1, 2023 11:13:41 GMT -5
Forgot to get more memory. Camera takes 2 cards.
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Post by marcl on Jul 1, 2023 13:14:46 GMT -5
Wow ... I got rid of those CF cards a LONG time ago! Amazing how far we've come though. My first DSLR was the 8Mp 1DMarkIIN in late 2005 and I pretty much used one Lexar 4GB CF card that I used shooting in Antarctica 2006. I had a lot more cards, but I used that one because it was the fastest and highest capacity, downloaded every night to a laptop and backed up to an external. Ironically - or maybe not - the card failed with only 25 shots on it during the last of 24 days at sea on the Russian expedition ship Akademik Sergei Vavilov. The photos were the ones I took on the engine room tour ... hmmm and somehow THEY got erased! I shot about 9,000 files total in 26 days. And now ... 50Mp Sony A1 with a 160GB CFExpress A in slot 1 and 128GB UHS-II SDXC in slot 2. That's 288GB and a couple times I nearly filled both in one day. And I carry two of those bodies with the same card configuration. These days, landscape shoots run 5k-7k files per week ... wildlife runs 9k-12k files per week.
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Post by 405x5 on Jul 1, 2023 14:32:18 GMT -5
Arriving tomorrow. Gonna watch some movies this weekend!! On the new Panasonic DP-UB420-K. View Attachment shop.panasonic.com/audio-and-video/blu-ray-dvd-players/blu-ray-players/dp-ub820-kPlease post your experience with that unit here after you’ve had some time with it… Above link is for the 820 that I’ve been following for nearly a year. With the demise of Samsung and their Blu-ray player lineup, I started looking for another player that plays 3D and will back up my Sony and this is it.
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Post by vcautokid on Jul 1, 2023 16:56:21 GMT -5
Wow ... I got rid of those CF cards a LONG time ago! Amazing how far we've come though. My first DSLR was the 8Mp 1DMarkIIN in late 2005 and I pretty much used one Lexar 4GB CF card that I used shooting in Antarctica 2006. I had a lot more cards, but I used that one because it was the fastest and highest capacity, downloaded every night to a laptop and backed up to an external. Ironically - or maybe not - the card failed with only 25 shots on it during the last of 24 days at sea on the Russian expedition ship Akademik Sergei Vavilov. The photos were the ones I took on the engine room tour ... hmmm and somehow THEY got erased! I shot about 9,000 files total in 26 days. And now ... 50Mp Sony A1 with a 160GB CFExpress A in slot 1 and 128GB UHS-II SDXC in slot 2. That's 288GB and a couple times I nearly filled both in one day. And I carry two of those bodies with the same card configuration. These days, landscape shoots run 5k-7k files per week ... wildlife runs 9k-12k files per week. Yep I get it. Still a valid memory option, and standard, it is not going away anytime soon. As long as the pros and others like me use them anyway. I get all about XQD and CFast and and CF Express and all that, and even in some cases SSD. Only proves, there are more than one way to save your events and memories.
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Post by cwmcobra on Jul 1, 2023 17:20:08 GMT -5
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Post by ttocs on Jul 1, 2023 17:42:18 GMT -5
I've had my eye on these for years but never felt I could justify the cost. Of course I had my eye on the $1000 models. But this week I was taking a closer look in anticipation of being off the grid in Arctic Canada in August, and I thought it might be handy to have a device that tracks our travels as we weave in and out and around and through the Northwest Passage to Greenland. So I downsampled my requirements to the Garmin Fenix 7 or 7 Solar, and found this 7 Solar online used and in mint condition ... and sold by a guy 12 miles from my house. $300 off list price! And I have until August to learn how to use it. View AttachmentView AttachmentAlso ... I REALLY want to get back to the Bisti and Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness areas in Northwestern New Mexico within the next couple years and hiking with GPS is mandatory ... virtually featureless desert with no cell service, no trails, no signs ... and often hiking in or out in the dark! Does it track weather balloons?
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Post by 405x5 on Jul 1, 2023 17:47:08 GMT -5
I've had my eye on these for years but never felt I could justify the cost. Of course I had my eye on the $1000 models. But this week I was taking a closer look in anticipation of being off the grid in Arctic Canada in August, and I thought it might be handy to have a device that tracks our travels as we weave in and out and around and through the Northwest Passage to Greenland. So I downsampled my requirements to the Garmin Fenix 7 or 7 Solar, and found this 7 Solar online used and in mint condition ... and sold by a guy 12 miles from my house. $300 off list price! And I have until August to learn how to use it. View AttachmentView AttachmentAlso ... I REALLY want to get back to the Bisti and Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness areas in Northwestern New Mexico within the next couple years and hiking with GPS is mandatory ... virtually featureless desert with no cell service, no trails, no signs ... and often hiking in or out in the dark! Does it track weather balloons? Oh Mann…..(I like that one lol)
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Post by marcl on Jul 3, 2023 10:45:33 GMT -5
#4 .... (Bivalent #2) and even managed to get it BEFORE traveling in August. Was it a "purchase"? Well I paid for it, one way or another ...
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Post by vcautokid on Jul 8, 2023 10:10:29 GMT -5
I hate neck straps with a passion. I may get a dual body strap for both of my 1D Canon, or Sonys.
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Post by DYohn on Jul 8, 2023 10:42:59 GMT -5
Latest purchase = Woo Audio ES8 headphone amplifier
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Post by novisnick on Jul 8, 2023 12:37:16 GMT -5
Purchased from a much loved member of our lounge, simpleman68 . Speedy delivery is an understatement! Brand new, with factory staples still sealing the box.
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Post by Boomzilla on Jul 8, 2023 13:40:21 GMT -5
I went to the corner grocery for some boiled crawfish this afternoon. They told me “crawfish season is over - we won’t have crawfish again until next Spring.”
So, I drove to my favorite boiling shack, LA Boilers, and despite being post-season, they had fresh boiled crawfish!
I ended up buying 5-pounds of boiled crawfish (about one Cajun-sized serving), a pound of boiled shrimp, and two pounds of boiled crabs (the latter two for lunch tomorrow with friends).
It’s always been a peculiarity of mine to know something about the animals I eat. The majority of Americans are urban and seem to think that food appears miraculously in the supermarket shelves pre-shrink-wrapped or canned. Anyone who grew up on a farm could tell them otherwise.
My peculiarity extends to thinking that anyone who eats meat, for example should, at least once in their life, visit an abattoir just to see what is done in their name and for their dollar.
It also gives me some appreciation for religions that insist that a prayer be said for each animal before slaughter.
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Post by tchaik on Jul 8, 2023 17:05:25 GMT -5
only bought 3
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