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I went through maybe 3 to 5 copies of the 85/1.8 G before I found a decent copy and it's ok. Certainly not one of the sharpest lenses in the world where dxo rates it. Can't afford the Nikon 85/1.4 and I remember Jeff saying he didn't find the build quality of the $1000 plus lens very good. The day sigma comes out with an 85 I'm getting it. Unless rokinon does something magical with their supposed 135.

Depends on what kind of light you are shooting in. The estimation I have seen most frequently has been 1/focal length for the slowest shutter speed you should be using. Even at f/2.8 and a reasonably high iso it is sometimes difficult to shoot at 1/80s in low light with a 70mm lens. To me the 24-70 is an event lens where walking farther or closer isn't always a possibility and you can just zoom in or out from where you are standing. People might use it as a walk about lens but I usually task that to a 35mm. If I am walking about a city, I am usually not in a hurry and can usually move about freely or at least with more freedom that I could, say on a yacht. Zooming with legs if you will. I'll take the bump in image quality over the convenience in that instance. Also, shooting with the d800 also allows for extreme crops so the prime as a walkabout lens becomes even more attractive. I'd suggest using just the prime before you buy the zoom to see if you find yourself wanting a zoom at all. Rent it as needed. As a rule now, if I don't use a lens in a month I sell it. The 35 art was sharper than any lens I've ever used but I didn't pick it up for almost 4 months. The 50 art did everything.

Doug, her other work might be excellent and worth the drive (I am not familiar with her) but I wouldn't put that particular image anywhere close to the top of the best images I have ever seen. Assuming of course that I would pay the most of the best. Ps. Looked at her work. I have to confess not seeing what you see. But that is the case with most all conceptual photographers. I find it very difficult to appreciate their work. Too cerebral for my little brain.

I don't expect the image stabilization of a third party lens to compete with with of a lens made by the body manufacturer. Typically the cost savings were the only reason to go with a third party lens with sigma has offered better image quality with lower costs for the past few years at least compared to nikon lenses. I can't wait for an art series 85mm lens. The 85/1.8 is great but I can't use it under f/4 or f/5.6 as it is not sharp enough. Certainly can't use it wide open. The sigma art lenses are absurdly sharp wide open so it becomes an artistic choice as to how much depth of field one wants.

I mistakenly forgot tamron before the rented lens. Never played with the sigma 24-70. I actually liked the vc very much. I was shooting on the top deck of a yacht in pitch dark and on a lower floor where the only light was the dj lighting. It's not going to be as sharp as a 35mm prime but it gave unexpectedly good results. I can post some images from the lens when I get home. Iirc I don't think the Nikon lens has any sort of image stabilization. I do remember the lens being super heavy. My hand hurt at the end of the night. I actually walked into best buy wanting to buy the d600 but the d800 felt better in the hand and once I saw the dedicated iso button on the top left, I was instantly sold on the d800. Changing the iso without moving the camera from my eye is a breeze. I remember asking Peter a lot about the two cameras before I purchased it and what he said is correct. The d800 will force your technique to be good. After spending a couple of years with it I think I've gotten better but still not there yet and use fast glass to make up for my lack of good technique. I also have an essential tremor that I got diagnosed with recently so that doesn't help with shooting in low light but controlled breathing helps. Big advantage of the d800 is you can crop to your heart's content and still end up with a good image. A smaller sensor requires you to be more conscious of your composition while you shoot. In that sense I think the d800 favors amateurs like me where the d600 might not be as forgiving. I am leaning towards the d800 unless you can play with a d750 locally and find it to be better in your hands.

Also, there are some issues with the d750 that are cropping up. http://petapixel.com/2014/12/22/nikon-d750-owners-reporting-dark-band-problem-shows-lens-flares/

The sigma art series lenses are fantastic. I sold the 35 in favor of the 50 as the 35 had a little too much perspective distortion for what I was shooting. I haven't shot the sigma 24-70 but did rent the 24-70 for an event. Worked great. Rokinon is hopefully coming out with a 135mm lens... https://www.facebook.com/RokinonLenses/photos/a.177689185610341.38264.177519142294012/827637633948823/?type=1&theater I love my D800 and wouldn't trade it for anything but a surprising amount of people on FM traded their D800s for the new D750. 250g lighter, more manageable resolution (24mp), more FPS (6.5 vs 4) although you do lose 1/8000s shutter speed with the D750. Might not matter unless you shoot wide open on sunny days. In terms of low light performance and dynamic range they are essentially the same. The image quality of the D800 eeks out slightly ahead but I doubt it is noticeable. It's amazing how fast the prices of the D800 have dropped - the D700 price decline was far gentler. Somewhat typical of the used price - http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1335346/0?keyword=d800#12737991 However, I have seen them go for as little as $1250. Those bodies have more actuations though but the shutter is rated for 150k. Not much to worry about unless you are really going to put 120k actuations before you sell the body.

Thanks Wayne, I've read the book. Don't remember there being anything in there about supplicating to bullies though. For what it's worth, my responses were cordial to those who weren't just trying to be a bully. I mentioned that the rest export only worked for 5 pages and then Dan quoted Todd's post again. Doesn't seem terribly helpful to me. If the thick skinned argument is to be used then it goes both ways. Otherwise I don't see Dan's posts of being any help. To all the others, thank you for helping with the matter.

Since my written response didn't seem to make sense, I made a video for Dan who has trouble reading. I highlighted the relevant part of my post above as well in case he wants to read the post after watching the video. Let me know if you need some narration as well Dan if reading and watching doesn't completely get the point across. Perhaps you are an auditory learner. https://vimeo.com/115236304 screengrab.mov

Export to pdf works for the entire document. Export to txt only exports the first 5 pages.

I had no intention of continuing to work on it. I did it because I am part of the photography club and the head instructor asked as a favor and I stupidly said yes without realizing how much work it would be. Next year I am off on rotations at hospital (not on campus anymore) so if they want to edit the final document, they can do it themselves or ask the next photo club member/officer to take on the project. Given the current state, I can't even pass it off to someone else as they wouldn't be able to edit the manual either. They provide functions of a text editor within the app, just lock the moving of things to the section level arbitrarily. Don't think it would have killed them to extend it to the page level. There are labs on campus that have it and Acrobat Pro but my credentials only work for labs in the medical school buildings which have no need for publishing software like InDesign. Everyone doing research just uses the Word templates available for the Journals they are submitting to. Trying to see if I can export to pdf and then use an OCR to convert it to a word document. Failing that, I guess I'll have to copy/paste the hundreds of paragraphs individually as the pictures are dispersed amongst the text.

Dude, you can't add pages in the middle of the book, only at the end. The scope of knowledge does not stay stagnant from edition to edition for any book. New research comes out. Shit changes. Old ideas are phased out. Even if you want to just add a paragraph to an already full page, you would need to change the font of just that one page just to fit the extra info in which would look different from the rest of the book. Do you really have nothing better to do? Why not learn about what the program is (in)capable of before you make nonsensical posts.

I wasn't looking to publish and sell it on Amazon. It was just something simple for the next classes to use with some tricks for identifying stuff on exams where students just have 30 seconds at each station (approved by the instructors). I wanted something simple that would just work. Had good experiences with Apple products in the past and found a template that did exactly what I was looking to do so started using it. If I were actually going to publish it for anyone outside of the next few medical school classes, I would have paid someone to do the layout/publishing for me so I could put it on my resume. The department didn't want to pay for it and I am doing it entirely on a volunteer basis without getting anything in return so I wasn't inclined to spend the $1000 on an editor either.

So when you want to update the book for a second edition or just make a simple correction, you start all over again from scratch? Excellent. Thanks for your thoughts, Dan.

Chapters are divided into sections and sections into pages. I just had chapters split into pages with each page getting pictures of the part of brain being discussed followed by text about the structure. I wrote it as I edited the pictures, not in the order they will be seen during the lab in January. The old manual had hand drawn structures which don't match what we see in the actual lab so the past 7 months of work need to be redone. Sure I can copy paste individual paragraphs but this is fucking ridiculous. The text boxes can be unlinked but they don't stay unlinked when you try to move the page. I don't see what the issue is with allowing users to unlink temporarily to move pages around and then link it all again. OR JUST FUCKING LET PEOPLE MOVE PAGES AROUND.

Figured out that I need to redo the 200+ page lab manual I made for next years neuroanatomy class because fucking ibooks author doesn't fucking allow you to fucking move fucking pages or fucking copy them to another fucking spot in the fucking book you are fucking writing. What a great fucking idea!!! Fucking FUCK FUCK.

Hardly a fringe sport mikey. It's only second to soccer in terms of popularity and participation when looked at globally.

I say this with the best of intentions. Law schools arent going anywhere. Neither is Duke. Both have been around for a while and will likely continue to do so. I needed surgery in the past and had treatments to undergo for a malignant cancer and I continued going to school because at 22 I thought that was the most important think in my life. Looking back, had I taken the year off like the doctors suggested and then gone back, nothing would be different. Life would continue to go on. My suggestion would be to listen to the surgeon. Do exactly as the doctors say. Don't think about getting delayed a year or two. I'm in medical school right now and if my loans allowed it I would take the year off to get the surgery I need for my knee. Still trying to get a research spot so I can get my knee repaired. In the grand scheme of things, she needs to understand her health comes first. School isn't going anywhere. She has a lifetime ahead of her to make it to whatever academic designation she wishes to end at. She needs to concentrate on getting back to herself first. The same goes for you. Wish you both a speedy recovery.

Any suggestions for Red wine for a beef stew? Cooked a steak once with wine a long time ago. Didnt like it much. The stew I've had at restaurants I've enjoyed so wanted to give it a try. Something <$50. That being said I don't know how much wine costs. If I can get something good for far less I'll take that.

Maeve O'Boyle's stuff is fantastic. Found her on the Linn 24 bits of xmas promotion. Great stuff.

Never had an issue with imgur. Curious what you think about the camera. The sigma lenses have been top notch for me. The bodies just never had enough steam behind them.

People really will buy anything.

Hmm...photography isn't art...? http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/dec/10/most-expensive-photograph-ever-hackneyed-tasteless Although I must admit that while Lik's work is fantastic, I don't see how that image goes for 6.5MM. That being said, I don't see the value in most of the 5 most expensive photographs ever sold. They seem, kinda lame, IMO. http://shutyouraperture.com/the-top-5-most-expensive-photographs-ever-sold/#.VIkpoIvjP6s #4 is the only one that has impact on me. Slightly like #6 but really don't see what is so special about #2. Seems like anyone with a phone could take that image. #3 looks like a shitty instagram filter was used.

Learnt some cardiophysiology/pathology. It fucking rocks. The heart is freaking amazing.