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<p>Cheesy toy ballhead. My wife gave me a gorilla pod a couple of years ago, but the ballhead is more suited to a P & S than a DSLR.</p>
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<p>I would be curious to know if PJ lives in the US. Just guessing not, which might account for him ( or her ) being able to get value back from the insurance company. Going further out on a limb, the concept of an insurance company as a cash cow rather than a service may be at play. We pay huge amounts for our auto and homeowner coverage, but when it is time to get what is due, we are told that if we make two or more claims we will be canceled. Considering that most homeowners will never make a claim on their policies, the billions paid in make shareholders very happy.</p>
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<p>" My family has gotten used to the series of <em>whoosh, snap</em> sounds of the old Gitzo legs extending and knows it's time to stop for a breather. " I wonder how many here have this same dynamic! I want the hike to be about more than just my photographic endeavors and try to balance the picture taking with the family time. Last summer while hiking in the Dolomites with just my wife I figured out the solution. We hike at different speeds, so I would invariably be well ahead, giving me time to set up for panoramas, she arriving just in time to be included! Of course if I hike by myself the sky is the limit.</p>
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<p>I don't think there is an easy answer to this dilemma. With a daypack it is much easier to take off the pack and set up a tripod. I use an old JanSport, which has slots for skis behind the side pockets. One leg of my tripod slides into the slot, which makes it easy to access. Heavy backpacks are another matter and taking one off and then hoisting it back to your shoulders makes considering a tripod shot more difficult, compromising the justification for taking a tripod. How many shots would be helped by a trekking pole with a camera mount?</p>
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<p>Interesting question! I went on a trek from Tumlingtar to Makalu base camp via Shipton Pass in '92. In the Barun Valley going up to Makalu base camp the vistas were very wide and the valley broad. In 2001 I went to Mera from Lukla and the valley at Tagnag was very different and narrow, with the peaks rising up sharply. A wide angle would have been nice in either place ,especially in Tagnag. The 20,50 and 180 sounds about right. Does the solar panel weigh less than a bunch of batteries? The link is to a panorama from above Tagnag and below Mera Pass:<br /> http://eastmanwoodworking.com/panos/mera.html<br /> Have fun! I'm jealous!</p>
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<p>I have not used the video capability of my D7000 very much. What little I have done I have been impressed with. I would like to upload a 5 minute video to You Tube or Vimeo in order to share with some friends, but simply uploading seems prohibitively long. Information on ways to compress this file is lacking, so any tips on steps to facilitate uploading would be appreciated.</p>
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<p>If you like the one you have and it performs well I would keep it. Tokina has had a mixed record on QC; my 11-16 needed to be returned ( new ) for a sticky diaphragm. I bought it knowing there might be problems, but it was worth getting it right. Newer and better is not always so!</p>
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<p>Fred G: You beat me to it!</p>
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<p>What will you do when he likes driving your Ferrari? I applaud your intentions; my daughter much prefers my wife's D40 to the Coolpix, quite understandably so. If the damage can be limited to expanding your son's photographic horizons so much the better, but it is a slippery slope.</p>
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<p>I know exactly what blackmail means, in this case a definition from my 1966 Websters works quite well " To coerce ( into doing something ) as by threats ", in this case, the implicit threats to move teams unless stadiums are built, in the case of other businesses, to reap huge tax breaks from states that can ill afford them. </p>
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<p>Maybe it is a business model that includes blatant blackmailing of impoverished cities to build multi- million dollar stadiums for multi-millionaire team owners that might give me the idea that the NFL is greedy! Of course these owners are just emulating other business owners in this behavior of blackmail, yet if they are indeed " persons " wouldn't this same blackmail be illegal? That is the beauty of corporate " personhood " all of the privileges with none of the penalties, because they are the " job creators " with all of the immunity that affords.</p>
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<p>Good luck with that, as they say! The NFL is a monumental testament to greed, demanding control over every detail of their " brand ", no matter how small or seemingly trivial.</p>
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<p>If the history of the far north is of interest, Two In The Far North by Margaret Murie is priceless. She and her husband biologist Olaus Murie, chronicled the far north of Alaska during these same years.</p>
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<p>I am on CS2. What is the date I have to buy CS5 before pricing goes through the roof?</p>
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<p>Thank Wall St. for treating pensions as giant sums of cash to be sucked up and redistributed up the wealth ladder, rather than sacred obligations to workers whose sweat and toil made the wealth possible. In an era when the chieftains of industry and finance still had a conscience, when they were not making 343 times average worker's pay, the raiding of pension funds would have been considered disgraceful. Today it is some perverse badge of honor. Consider American Airlines declaring bankruptcy with $ 4 billion in the bank; a nice dodge to shed union contracts, while CEO's will doubtless come through unscathed. In some circles AA's bankruptcy is seen as a smart business move by a corporation now granted personhood status, yet if the rest of us " persons " tried to dodge our obligations it is seen as some kind of moral failing.</p>
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<p>I hope your next paying gig is not too soon. This camera needs to be learned as it behaves differently from other Nikons ( why, I don't know ) As I have gone from D70 to D80 to D300 it was always easy to make the shift. Be prepared to get used to the D7000. You will not be disappointed with the image quality.</p>
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<p>How would focus stacking work in lieu of a PC lens? I'm not sure if a PC lens is meant to emulate a view camera's tilted focal plain, but assuming ( big if ) Photoshop can simulate the perspective of a PC lens, could focus stacking overcome depth of focus issues?</p>
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<p>I share some of the frustrations with the focus on the D7000. Coming from a D300, there was no question that the AF capability was " different ". The D300 has a more sophisticated AF capability and I found that shots that would have been sharp with the D300 were not on the D7000, plus the unreliabilty was worrisome. I sent mine to get worked on by Nikon and it is definitely better; as my LCS said it got the attention that it did not get at the factory. I still know it will not match the D300 in some focus situations, but the image quality more than makes up for the focus issues, plus the high ISO performance is much better. They will sell tons of D400's! I am happy and have no regrets now.</p>
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<p>I got a reply from Phottix and was told that the Aion can do 3,5,or 7 bracketed shots interdependently of the camera. If true, it gives me more brackets than my D7000. If it works this way it is all I need, and I have been satisfied with my prior Phottix releases. I may wait to hear more feedback, but it seems too good to be true.</p>
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<p>I am trying to find information about the number of bracketed shots the Phottix Aion will shoot. I have had Phottix remotes for my D80 and D300 and they seem to work nicely and for an attractive price. Nikon finally put a IR receiver on the back of the D7000, but the angles are still pretty narrow. If this does not work I can move up to a Promote, but if it does I will be $ 200.00 ahead!</p>
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<p>Keep the day job! Probably a lot of work to do, but a long way from Hollywood.</p>
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<p>If I remember correctly you have to specify card 2 once you have filled card 1 unlike for stills. Of course I found this out while filming ( video ) during a friend's 25th anniversary party!</p>
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<p>Be thankful you are in a place where ( hopefully ) cell phones don't work!</p>
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<p>So unless you are paying more money for image quality there is not much point to having a fancy point and shoot that shoots A because there is little discernible depth of field and the camera will do the same thing in Auto mode, leaving exposure compensation as the key control.</p>
Coolscan 4000 Firewire
in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing
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<p>My Coolcan 4000 has a Firewire cable and as I look for a new PC it is difficult to find one that has a Firewire port. I can have a PC built with a Firewire port, but it jumps the price up considerably. Are there Firewire 1394 to USB3 adapters? I have seen Firewire to USB2 adapters, but the huge files from the Coolscan might take a while using this approach.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>