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Do you realize that whenever you post something on PN it stays there forever online. I have actually gone back to the year 2003 when I first starting posting here and found some of my own posts ! This comes in handy because I have some really old equipment which I forgot how to use. It also made me think about taking my posts a little more seriously. Like it or not, a lot of people Google questions they may have about a certain piece of equipment. After the search, up comes a bunch of posts related to the subject on their screen. Some of these posts were actually written by Photo.net members. Does that makes us celebrities ? No, but I think this website was created in this way so that our posts can help others in the future. Just make sure you don't lead people astray by posting things you are not too sure about, or submit posts with a lot of typos. Not sure about the flame wars ? I have not run into any in between my searches, but I'm guessing they might come up too ?!

Wow what a beautiful camera, I just wish I had the $3200 lying around...

Those huge file sizes don't suit the type of photography I do very well. I often have to download my images to the corporate server and I can tell you it's not a very pleasant experience especially if you have HUGE file sizes...

OK thanks, I'll try that. The whole thing seems like a shakedown to me ?

You don't really have to buy a brand new camera, although brand new camera's usually come with a warranty, a manual and you don't have to worry about hiden problems. However, what would you rather drive a used BMW, or a brand new Toyota Corolla ? Sometimes you can get more bang for the buck buying used, just saying.

Also those X-rated pictures masquerading as art. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT ? ?

The other day I decided to assemble my Photogenic 2X3' Softbox. For the first time in 5 years I was able to assemble this Softbox in less than 15 minutes. This is why I hardly ever put it up ! This Softbox uses Velcro to attach the inner diffusion baffle and the outer diffusion panel. This Velcro is not your typical Velcro you get at Home Depot. It is really strong and gives shape to the entire Softbox. This made me wonder; I'm pretty sure that Softboxes were used prior to Velcro ? As far as I know Velcro is pretty recent technology. So what did photographers use back in the day to attach the diffusion panels to the Softboxes, or how where these Softboxes assembled ?

I'm not geting any Spam(nada, zilch, zero) knock on wood...

Really ?

You can also find them in the Pentax Forum market place. https://www.pentaxforums.com/

These Komura lenses are very rare, but excellent lenses. Sorry can't help you with the adapter question though....

I purchased a couple of new Quantum D23WR adapters from eBay and the problem with missfires has been solved. Unfortunately, when I underexpose the flash displays "OVER EXPOSED" and when I overexpose the flash displays "UNDER EXPOSED" . I called the people at Promark and they told me that it might be due to the version of adapter I'm using with my Canon 6D. My faulty adapter the one that missfired didn't have that problem ? That's OK I can live with that. No wonder Metz went out of business, trying to keep up with the manufacturers exposure systems. They had so many adapters out there that it got really confusing...

Lately I have been getting emails on my computer at home, text messages on my phone and notifications on my iPad that my iCloud storage is almost full !! To upgrade to an additional 200GB, I will need to pay $2.99 per month. The thing is, I don't remember ever subscribing to iCloud ? Actually I'm not too crazy about having my images stored where who knows who has access to them. I purchsed my iPad with 256GB extra storage. I had to pay to get this extra storage, it wasn't free. Right now I have about 200GB of free space on my hard drive. If I need more space, I can delete some of my photo albums, but 200GB is plenty(case closed). Another thing, is that I'm not sure how to access my images that have been supposedly stored on iCloud ? Is iCloud really neccessary ? What is the big deal about iCloud ?