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    Maxtek CAN-LPE6 - After market Battery with Chip

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>I use a couple of unchiped batteries in my 7D and without issue. Sometimes miss the battery level..</p>

     

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    <p>Thats why I wanted to get the chipped ones. I have several batteries without chips, it drives me crazy that I cant tell how much power they have left.</p>

    <p>BTW I did cancel the order, I didnt have a good feeling about them. The 5dmII is to costly to be used as a guinea pig. At least for me anyway</p>

    Maxtek CAN-LPE6 - After market Battery with Chip

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>Has anyone used this battery in their 5dmII or 7d? I found them on Amazon and ordered two of them today. After looking around some more, every place that sells them seems to have the same three reviews. On paper they look good because they are about 1/3 the price from canon. The say it can be charged in the canon chargers. </p>

    <p>I plan to use them in the 5dmII initially I will put them in a grip in case they have issues, not sure that would even help.</p>

    <p>Any thoughts?</p>

    just need to vent....find out if its normal

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    <p>A few things I worked out/ to clear up some things<br>

    The reason to share is not for the "thanx" per say. But the reply serves 2 purposes.</p>

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    <li>To acknowledge you got the email</li>

    <li>To let someone know the time/gesture is appreciated</li>

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    <p>I can live with not getting the second one. Most people would not know what a good picture is and what goes in to making them. I have had people say to me, what can you do with that I cant? Some people I would rather them not say anything becasue they have no clue what they are talking about. </p>

    <p>I still feel its rude not respond in anyway to a personalized email. Family members, who at times can drive me up a friggen wall, always get a response. When I send the pictures, in the emails I usually put something on the order of "I have a few more, let me know if you want them". So yeah whether phone call, email or snail mail, how ever the response should come, something should come. When I have seen that person in the flesh, I am always the one to break the silence and ask if they got them. It almost like I walked in on them naked and nobody wants to be the one to bring it up.</p>

    <p>Gathering from the replies and this makes me fell a little better but I dont like it much, is people do not hold photographs in the same regard as I, or most of the people on this board do. While most non photographers are happy with the pictures they get from the p&S they have, I am not. When I see a great picture I am looking more at the technical side of it then the subject. Not many think this way and I need to just live with that.</p>

    <p>It is still the absence of good manners that bothers me the most. Love em, hate em or think nothing of them, but a person has gone out of their way to send you something, reply. I grew up in NY and a lot people think they are the rudest people in the world. Those people have not lived in rural PA/MD</p>

    <p>It does not stop my enjoyment of photography, but the pix from this years recital will be staying on the hard drive and shared to a limited audience. And it sucks for them because I got the 5dmII now and the pictures should be...wait for it....Awesome :)<br>

    Thank you everyone for your 2 cents. With all the replies I now have enough for a new lens :)</p>

     

    just need to vent....find out if its normal

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    <p ><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=689679">Stephen Penland</a> <a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub8.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/3rolls.gif" alt="" /><img title="Current POW Recipient" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/trophy.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 11, 2010; 12:18 p.m.</p>

     

    <p>When I send a photo to someone, I often do so even if they didn't ask for it, simply because I enjoy sharing photos. While I often receive a "thank you," I don't expect it, and therefore I'm never disappointed. For me, the joy is in the sharing, not in the receiving thanks (although the "thanks" further adds to the joy of sharing).</p>

     

     

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    <p>I just dont know if they got them, want more or the email failed some how. Any kind of acknowledgment would work. </p>

     

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    <p ><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4152170">Kris Bochenek</a> <a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub3.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/2rolls.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 11, 2010; 01:02 p.m.</p>

     

    <p>I've been in this situation many times and can tell you that to some people pictures do not mean a lot plus they think that it's just the matter of pressing shutter and you get a masterpiece they might think that anyone can do it, so if he (you or I) want to let them. To some photographs have no value at all. To me photographs are like treasures. I gifted many prints to friedns and family some of them framed them and they hang in central spot in their office or home, some are just laying there somewhere collecting dust. No worries mate, move on and enjoy photography.</p>

     

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    <p><br />Your right</p>

     

     

    just need to vent....find out if its normal

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    <p>Thanx everyone. It has made me feel better somewhat knowing I am not alone. As far as the free part is concerned, I dont think I want to be a professional so I am not really looking for any kind of money at the moment. I will take the odd job and have even been paid once, the person was really thankful. Happy photographer and client.</p>

    <p>I agree with not sending more to the people that do not "thank" me. Sarah nailed it by saying people are just dont have good manners anymore</p>

    <p>Thanks again everyone</p>

    just need to vent....find out if its normal

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    <p>I am not a professional photographer, I am more of a advanced amateur. I enjoy taking pictures and sharing with others (ok not so much on here but you should see my flickr pages lol). Occasionally I take pictures of other peoples kids, friends and acquaintances mostly. My daughter is in dance class so when they do the recitle, I take tons of pictures and share them with the parents.</p>

    <p>What bothers me, and I would like to know some other photographer feel about it, when you email a picture to a parent/friend and 4/5 times they dont even email you back a thanks. You have to ask next time you see them "oh did you get the pictures" "yes they were nice thank you"</p>

    <p>Why could they not respond to the email. Is it just me or the people in my area? my wife says i'm crazy and not to worry.<br>

    <br />does this happen to others?<br>

    <br />am I nuts? LOL</p>

    Best back up options hard drive vs Blu ray?

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    <p>Just to weigh in here as a major geek and paronoid over data loss. I use all of the above. I have 3 external hard drives that keep copies of all my pictures. I burn them to DVD, I use mozy for backup. I go a step further. My mom has a portable hard drive she brings with her when she visits. I put my stuff on that as well so its in a "second location"</p>

    <p>The 3 hard drives are synced using a syncback from 2brightsparks. I used to keep 5 live copies but the other drives I have I filled up with other crap so they needed to be taken out of the rotation. I only work on one "Main" copy. The rest are just backups. I worry about loosing a drive, but if I loose 1 I still the other 2. Very rare all three will die at once unless something gets spilled on them. As I write this I am thinking of moving 1 of the backups away from the rest of them.</p>

    <p>The Dvd's I had to switch to dual layer to save on storage space in the binders</p>

    <p>DVD's are fine and I have some with data from more than 4 years ago and the were not kept in the best of conditions and I am still able to pull data from them. How ever, I do plan to recreate the dvd's on a yearly basis just to ensure that I always have a good optical backup. Blue ray I would like to transfer to but the cost right now is too much for me. But its the same princible. Once you burn to and media it is always a good idea to periodically check them.</p>

    <p>I have more than 200gb of pictures. A modest amount by some standards. Most of them are crap. But until I feel comfortable deleteing them they sit. One day I am going to make 2 folders. One for crap and only back that up to 2 drives, then an "absoluty save at all costs" folder and that should be maybe 20gb and easily backuped to many, many hd's and dvd/blueray sets.</p>

    <p>just my 2 cents</p>

    15 person family reunion help

    in Wedding & Event

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    <p>Thanx everyone.</p>

    <p>Nadine, thanx for the lighting and placement tips.<br>

    Steve I will try that.</p>

    <p>William. Thanx. I mentioned everything I had to try to figure out what to use, not really to use it all. I was giving my options. No offense taken<br>

    It is my wifes family so its not a paying gig. Just one of those "you take such nice pictures, wouldn't it nice to take pictures of all of us" type of things. The impatient thing is why I am asking now, I want to do as much prep work as I can.I was hoping for outside, but it my be raining so this may not be an outdoor thing. Indoors, I have a good idea how to light.<br>

    Hopefully I can get it done before the booze kicks in :) thanx again</p>

    15 person family reunion help

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    <p>At my house this weekend there will be a family reunion with about 15-18 people. I know I am going to be shooting outside. I have a canon 580, and 430. A Vivtar 285 flashes. Cybersync remotes. Canon 40D and lenses that can take me from 10-500mm (not all in one just hte range available.) I have light stands as well so I can play the flashes pretty much any place. I was hoping to do it a few hours before sunset so I can get the nicer light. I dont want to try a lot different things with the lighting while 15 people are waiting to have their pictures taken. I am thinking with the larger crowd I should be placing the flashes further back to try to hit everyone. Just not exactly sure where. I guess my question is, how should I position the flashes for the best lighting? how far away and what power (generally)</p>

    Shut the Door!

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    <p>When the door gets opened prematurly, it scares the data pixies. The ones the sitch the o's and 1's around on the card. The 1 pixie likes to run after cats so I'd watch out for him if I were you. The 0 pixie doesnt do much but given the chance he will turn the entire care to a field of zeros. He will do that while the 1 pixie is chasing your cat. So to avoid this keep the door shut until both pixies are back in their tiny prisons or you will get a card of 0's or otherwise known as a corrupt card</p>
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