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Happy Birthday Ben!

Remembering by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr From a few weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Miguel!

I took some photos: aaR0018957 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr aa_DSC3957 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr aa_DSC3841 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

This. Except I'm not sure that there are any ultrawide DX primes. 14mm is the widest *commonly available* rectilinear prime I know of in SLR mount. That being said, the 21-23mmFOV from putting a 14mm lens on a DX body is a pretty fun FOV.

Happy Birthday Brent!

I have a Tamron 90F2.8macro. So not the same, but I do have a complaint that I think applies to most macro lenses when used as portrait lenses: AF is very slow. At normal portrait range (7-20ft), your subject could die of old age before the lens focuses. If you leave the lens set to "full range" and it hunts grab a beer and come back later. If your subject is moving (I like to shoot street) it is almost hopeless. The above is slightly exaggerated. That being said, the 90 is incredibly sharp any way you shoot it. If you are shooting macro ALWAYS manually focus. Murphy's law dictates that whatever you want to focus on will be between focus points. If it happens to be exactly at a focus point there wont be enough contrast to focus... sometimes the old fashioned way is easier. Fucking Flickr.

Happy Birthday Chris!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks Everyone!

You have been here too long to think this is a headphone forum.

GIMP is free. And it does fractional opacity which can be cool if you want to stack lots of layers. BUT the user interface is about as rough as photoshop. You may be able to find standalone software or a GIMP plugin that does all of the actual work here for you, I have not looked. I only have 2gb of RAM. My method is: I stack 5 shots then merge. Then repeat until I have a bunch of "stacks of 5" Then I stack all of those. This keeps the number of layers you are working with at any time nice and low which should help with limited RAM/processing power. Keeping the number of layers low also makes remembering the opacity values easy. A couple stacks: Night falls on lower Manhattan by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Grand Central Terminal, take 2 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Grand Central Terminal by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

I think you will like this article & the technique it outlines: http://www.verdantvista.com/gallery.php?doc=tut9 It buys you some flexibility and is probably easier than trying to get digital to shot clean for 5min.

Happy Birthday Shelly!

I'm not sure how long I will leave these up: aDSC_6380 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr aDSC_6373 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr aDSC_6337 by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

On an unhappy note I got 3 6s (on a scale of 6 through 9) on 3 photos I entered in a contest for today. It would not really suck so badly if I had not seen what was getting 7s and 8s. Its on one of the main streets in Teaneck.

Happy Birthday Purk!

Something of a work in progress: American pride by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

Have you tried looping the cables over your ears?

The MB-D10 for the D300/D700 was the first I think. Its nice because if you shoot with and without the grip the new grips take up less room in your camera bag and are less likely to get broken. You can set the camera to use the battery in the vertical grip first so you don't have to take it off to get at the battery in the body so often. My D200 never used the batteries simultaneously - it would drain the left one and then start on the right one.

I got together with some Flickr Friends for a model shoot this weekend. Pipes by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Tower of babel by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Clock at the center of the world by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr I'm still editing the photos of the model.

Someone gave me a 4x5" pinhole camera with a 50mm focal length. It is extremely wide. Englewood Public Library by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr New Overpeck Park Bridge by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Click through for a couple more pics on my Flickr Stream.

Yes you are totally overestimating the risks of that. Yes it would be risky to take the lens through airport security. The X-ray machine could malfunction and fry your balls. Or the guy inspecting your bag could drop your lens. He may also say "I dont give a shit that you can ask (require) us to hand inspect your film, I'm gonna X-ray it" and fog your film. Yes, I have no idea if the FD 55F1.2 is radioactive, but I SERIOUSLY doubt it. This lens was made LONG after non-radioactive glass and clear-non-glass-solids (plastics and synthetic minerals) were developed.

Happy Birthday Kevin!

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