You gonna lend me $1,100?

 

sure, i just either charge high interest or sexual favors by a girl...

 

You'll have to fly to Vancouver for that 2nd part lol

 

 

thanks, it's nice to know someone can relate to what I was talking about.

 

Thanks for the response - I did have those things in place - I knew the people I needed to know - but I didn't take it seriously enough - I wasn't focused on it - I wasn't ENGAGING the networking, myself. I pretty much wasted my resources.

 

 

has anyone noticed people using this red-eye correction thing on Facebook lately, I don't know what app it is coming from... but it puts these horrific looking black dots as eyes.... lol people

 

It could be the Facebook app itself, you can correct pictures before posting via mobile.

 

Vermont Rep. Figures Out a Way to Waste More Taxpayer Money and Possibly Harm Photographers

http://www.thephoblographer.com/2013...photographers/

 

And security cameras? Red light cameras?
A baby can't give consent... baby pics illegal? where does the stupidity behind this law end?

 

actually, I meant to update... I think it's already been killed

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2013/04...permission-upd

 

Well it wouldve been paparazzi frenzy on the guy if that passed.

 

Well it turned out my photography hobby didn't last too long. I sold my Sigma 8-16 today to fund my supercharger. I think I'll be much happier investing in my automotive hobby since I use my car literally every day.

I really almost pulled the trigger on plenty of lens like the Sigma 35, 70-200 IS, 70-300L IS, 135 (buying it again cause I liked it so much when I had it), and some lighting equipment.

I'll still shoot here and there, especially at car events. Maybe in the future I'll return and go all out

 

I gave up modding my TL when I got back into photography. My though was I don't keep cars long enough to mod anymore. That was my '06 TL, that I still have with less than 69k.

I won't have it long though. Looks like a 2010 or 2011 Pilot will fill that spot in 30 days or so.

 

Not judging how your spend your money, but I cannot justify paying off a car only to sell it and make more payments on another car. I've had the TSX since 2007 and will keep it until the engine falls off on its own.

Investing in multiple cars is a huge hit every time because cars depreciate like no other.

Photography on the other hand holds their value extremely well. I bought the Sigma for $500 and sold it for the same amount.

 

isn't it funny how they are interchangeable. I got into photography seriously in 2004 when I sold my Supra - I mean I used part of those funds to get the D70 the lenses etc. A lot of times (even like, yesterday lol) - I wonder what it would have been like if I had kept my Supra (because I miss it from time to time lol, even now) - and then I realize that if I had kept it, the path I took down the photography lane would have been completely different... who knows I may not have even got into it at all or remotely near as hard as I did.

 

for me it was a combination of several things. Back in 2008 when my dad passed away, I went through a phase and just didn't work, I couldn't afford my place in Dana Point so, I moved home to be with my mom for awhile. There were no room for my stuff at her house so I went got a storage unit. It ended up getting broken into and I go at least $12k worth of home theater equipment stolen (personally, I think it was an inside job with the people that ran the place). Anyway, of the $12k worth of things stolen, the insurance cut me a check that wasn't even $2k... with part of that money I bought my first dslr. Not thing fancy just an entry model Sony and kit lens

But I didn't even fully get into photography at that point, it was just more or less something I had been wanting to buy. Later that year, I got fully got into paintballing. I absolutely LOVED it (and I still do and miss it). The addiction got really bad where I was buying high end markers that would cost $1200 (most of the time I bought used ones). I was paintballing on a weekly basis. And no, it ain't a cheap hobby either.

In 2010, I moved to Vancouver for personal reasons, and where I live, basically Downtown Vancouver, I'm pretty far from the nearest paintball field. Or at least any good ones. Not to mention, that it's EVEN MORE expensive to play up here. In SoCal, I had hookups to gear and paintball... here, no hookups and cost more... so I decided to quite for now. When I first got here, I had no friends, and so I basically just went around taking pictures... from there it just led to buying one high end lens to another. Eventually buying a full frame and so on and so on.

I miss paintballing a lot... especially lately... went I go home next time, I DO plan on returning with some of my gear so I can play once and awhile up here.

 

I have had few vehicles w/o car notes for as long as most people will finance. I also had a temporary title when I drove my TL off of the lot.

 

^ But aren't you just constantly paying monthly for a car your whole life? I just think not having to pay the extra hundreds of dollar per month is a relief.

 

Sigma to bring 18-35mm f1.8! (APS-C only)

http://fstoppers.com/sigma-confirms-...-the-real-deal

 

Sweet.not sure if the bokeh will be nice but at least have a fast wide angle for nights

 

Too bad it's APS-c only, can't use it on my 1D

 

I said it on my FB but I'll say it here again: this lens is the GT-R of the DSLR world, essentially. This lens is a manufacturer getting unlazy and making some real innovation. Well done Sigma, well done.

This will force other manufacturers to follow suit - they will have one for FF soon down the road.

 

An 18-35mm 1.8 for FF probably not, but a 24-70 1.8 more Probable

IMO.


And I doubt this lens will be cheap and worth the money.

 

oh my god what a ripoff at Walgreens... if you want 4x6's look at the price... look at the price if you want 5x7's... f*ck Walgreens.

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Bokeh on a wide angle is never anything to write home about, because you'd have to be pretty close to the subject to get a decent background blur. This, being f1.8, is more or less for speed capabilities


you can always go Costco

 

http://lcap.tistory.com/entry/Sigma-...mm-f18-Preview

this is on a canon 600D









http://lcap.tistory.com/entry/Sigma-...ith-5D-Mark-II

on a 5D mark II

 

btw. debating what size memory cards to buy for my 2 week eurotrip.

2x 8gb or 1x 16gb

im thinking 2x 8gb so all my eggs arent in one basket.

 

+1 for the 8gb. I've got a stack of 8gb for the reason you mentioned. Have a 16GB for video, but 8gb with my D90 shooting raw is a great size.

 

 

Borrowing my friends 17-40mm.... Damn kind of like this lens on my 1D, can't imagine it on FF

 

got mine back from repair only last week - was without it for like 5 months or something. boy did I miss it.

 

Thanks, Miz, for the post on the lenses (starring in particular) I didn't know a higher aperture made lights appear like that. Good to know

 

Alfred Eisenstaedt's Leica that captured "Kiss in Times Square" on V-J Day is up for auction: http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Obje...18_1303&inO=74

Story: http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/21/42...oes-to-auction

 

my other Kingston CF card fucked me the other day, luckily this was just a few pics that I shot at an Arboritum in Boston this weekend, not half a fucking trip like the last one.

This one is recognizable by the computer, and I can sometimes get into and see the files. I was able to grab two of them on the third try, but thats been it so far.

I'm not sure how it even ended up in the camera, Ive been a little gunshy about it since the first one failed. Time to call B&H and see if they can do anything for me.

 

my other Kingston CF card fucked me the other day, luckily this was just a few pics that I shot at an Arboritum in Boston this weekend, not half a fucking trip like the last one.

This one is recognizable by the computer, and I can sometimes get into and see the files. I was able to grab two of them on the third try, but thats been it so far.

I'm not sure how it even ended up in the camera, Ive been a little gunshy about it since the first one failed. Time to call B&H and see if they can do anything for me.

 

So mad to double post. I see but that sucks man.

 

it's his B-day so we'll let it slide.

 

Walsh, give recuva a try.

http://www.piriform.com/recuva