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  1. It is absurd to imply that laws must be applied and enforced 100% objectively with no gray area. Aside from it being stupid, our justice system does not have the means to prosecute all, or even close to all, legal infractions. Applying and enforcing the law subjectively is not only right, it is absolutely necessary. But hey, if you want to raise taxes to afford the resources needed to prosecute and serve sentencing of all infractions please contact your legislators and demand a tax increase. No? Didn't think so. The Trump administration's executive orders regarding illegal immigration policy, and the AG's "zero tolerance" policy are choosing to refocus the subjective enforcement of law heavily against illegal immigration, knowing full well that resource limitations will dictate that other criminal activity will go unenforced. They also know that family separation is a result of prosecuting illegal immigration, yet they still have decided that it is more important to prosecute than other criminal activity. There is no forcing of their hand; not by the Flores settlement or any law. Their policies alone have resulted in the large increase in family separations. Further, they have hinted that this is intentional, as an attempt to advance their will on immigration. In other words, they are using family separation as a pawn. That is despicable.
  2. Gary, thanks. You force me to face my own demon - my tendency to shoot in a hurry. Most of my shooting is of the landscape/portrait/still type where I do have time to chimp. So I don't have much of an excuse when I get back to my computer and hate the work I did. I need to slow down and take the time to zoom in on the LCD and check my shots in detail rather than just the overall image. The same goes for checking settings before shooting. I have to admit that on more than one occasion I have ruined shots by getting in a hurry and not pausing to check my settings.
  3. I have a love/hate relationship with the display on the back of the camera. It can make a pig wearing lipstick look like Miss America. There's not much worse feeling than when you open that awesome shot up on the big screen and your heart drops when you see that it has shake, motion blur, or is not in focus.
  4. I'm not familiar with the 28-135, but assuming you can turn IS off, try using that lens at around 70mm at maximum aperture, without IS to make sure you can still get sharp images. Of course the IQ won't be there, but that's not important for this experiment. If you can get by without IS on that slower lens then the 2.8 will be no problem.
  5. Forgive me if this is well below your level. In daylight you should be able to get proper exposure at f/16, 1/100s at ISO 100. If you get a fresh battery and you still cannot get a good exposure at these settings then something else is definitely wonky.
  6. I still like PN. It is the only photography-minded community site I have found worth visiting. I am a low-volume contributor to say the least, but that has more to do with two little creatures that call me daddy than any shortcomings on PN's part. I joined somewhere around 2010 and am sad to see the sharp decline in activity since then. Given recent reports that the US has hit a record low birthrate, I suppose my own reason for diminished activity is not so for most others. For what it's worth, I'm on a handful of photo-minded Facebook groups, and while they have plenty of photo sharing activity, PN still has more discussion even in its ghost-town-esque state.
  7. I use the Vello Wireless ShutterBoss (version II) with my 6D. My only complaint is the receiver eats batteries when not in use. It even arrived with a dead battery. So I remove the battery before I stow it in my camera bag. I see the version III has switched from a single CR2 to 2 AAA's. Perhaps they have taken care of the issue. Functionally it works without fail though it can be tricky to set up and use in the beginning until you become familiar with it.
  8. The inner workings, the "guts", not commonly seen by the masses.
  9. Great shot! It's a '53, with Rallye wheels from the late '60s or '70s.
  10. Will we be autodirected to our timeline when we log in, or will we need to navigate to it?
  11. Tilt screen would be a respectable upgrade, but the AF system is really where the 6D could use a bump. I would expect a modest increase in resolution maybe to 22-25 MP. I'll keep my 6D and continue to dream of owning a new piece of glass.
  12. I'm sure you have visited Montezuma Pass in the Huachucas. If not, it is an amazing vantage point for sunsets, sunrises and thunderstorms. I've only been there once, but we were blessed with a beautiful afternoon of monsoon activity as a group of us from Tucson made our way from Sonoita down to the border, across the San Rafael valley, and over the pass into SV. I hope to make it back through there sometime soon. Cheers!
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