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#332 30-11-2009 12:11pm
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Timelapse Of Swarming Monster 'Worms And Sea Stars'

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#333 30-11-2009 5:53pm
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Platon at the UN. He even makes Cowan look respectable. The little sound bites with the pictures are definitely worth listening too.

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#334 01-12-2009 10:53pm
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Liking this site http://www.americansuburbx.com/

simple as that.

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#335 02-12-2009 4:41am
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its always funny when someone asks you to take a photo of them for some reason and then they ask to see it but you have to explain to them its a film camera lol

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#336 02-12-2009 6:39pm
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Online tilt shift creater

http://labs.artandmobile.com/tiltshift/

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#337 07-12-2009 5:22pm
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#338 08-12-2009 7:26pm
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I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go for our anniversary?"
It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation.
"Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.
So I suggested, "How about the kitchen?"
And that's when the fight started....

I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Bud Light for $14.95.
Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95.
I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream.
And then the fight started....

A woman was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.
She was not happy with what she saw and said to her husband,
'I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly.
I really need you to pay me a compliment.'
The husband replies, 'Your eyesight's damn near perfect.'
And then the fight started.....

My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, 'What's on the TV?'
I said, 'Dust.'
And then the fight started...

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.'
I bought her a bathroom scales.
And then the fight started...
/Oh oh, I'm in trouble tonite

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#339 09-12-2009 5:04pm
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funny lens adverts

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#340 10-12-2009 10:50am
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I would like to be dissociated from any connection with this email, sent on behalf of the Photography Forum on Boards.ie.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63428850&postcount=20

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#341 10-12-2009 1:18pm
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Brilliant bit of stop motion, even if they/he/she is french:

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#342 10-12-2009 1:35pm
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Anyone come accross some cheap sdhc cards lately? lost my spare the other day

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#343 10-12-2009 4:24pm
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Eye fi card

sounds cool, a novelty for most users though, unless you have a studio etc.

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#344 10-12-2009 4:35pm
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You could stand outside starbucks/place with free wifi and have the pictures upload themselves to flickr directly!
might be good for people taking sports pictures? You could have a laptop with a 3g wireless dongle in a bag next to you and have the pictures go straight to whatever

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#345 10-12-2009 4:38pm
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that looks amazing... has really good potential

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#346 10-12-2009 4:42pm
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Nisio wrote: »

You could stand outside starbucks/place with free wifi and have the pictures upload themselves to flickr directly!
might be good for people taking sports pictures? You could have a laptop with a 3g wireless dongle in a bag next to you and have the pictures go straight to whatever

iphone with wifi or any other wifi phone would be better than using a laptop

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#347 10-12-2009 4:49pm
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just noticed this

kevin Costner

I dont think I've ever seen them both together in the same room at the same time

kevin Costner is 'also' a musician

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#348 10-12-2009 5:18pm
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kumate_champ07 wrote: »

iphone with wifi or any other wifi phone would be better than using a laptop

Yup, and the combination of an iphone and camera and the facebook app = nightmare on nights out.

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#349 11-12-2009 12:07am
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A personal message from Santa

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#350 11-12-2009 1:50pm
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Slashdot story about a 300 piece puzzle with which you can make a vast variety of images, distorted up close but surprisingly clear from a distance as your brain 'fixes' what you're perceiving. If they were magnetic for the fridge...

I think it's pretty damn cool, if you send a photo to the mnfr they'll send you back instructions to make that image with the numbered pieces. I await an open source version of their software as a Gimp plugin

PS ignore the slashdot discussion, it's all based on assuming each piece is like a pixel but in fact they're variously shaded so it's got far more resolution than say a 15x20 bitmap.

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#351 11-12-2009 2:45pm
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democrates wrote: »

PS ignore the slashdot discussion, it's all based on assuming each piece is like a pixel but in fact they're variously shaded so it's got far more resolution than say a 15x20 bitmap.

no no no. You have that all wrong. It's SLASHDOT, you're meant to ignore the original article and just read the completely uninformed discussion instead. Sheesh.

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#352 11-12-2009 4:04pm
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"The people hate the lizards, and the lizards rule the people."
"I thought you said it was a democracy."
"It is."
"You mean the people actually vote for the lizards?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because if they didn't, the wrong lizard might get in."

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#353 12-12-2009 10:56pm
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A Craigslist Ad:

35-500FT Zoom Camera Lens - $60
Date: 2009-12-11, 9:43PM EST

Never before used Camera Lens with 35 - 500 ft zoom. Comes with Leather case and T-Mount Adaptor for Nickon.

:eek:

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#354 12-12-2009 11:51pm
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Hows everyone tonight?

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#355 13-12-2009 4:24am
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TelePaul wrote: »

Hows everyone tonight?

In perspective excellent thanks and I hope you and everyone else is the same.

Personal disaster earlier, met a girl I haven't seen in ages (always liked her she's dead sound, ok and fancied the hoop off her too) and asked her when she's due, she tells me she's not pregnant. Now I'm torn between fix it and stop digging.

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#356 13-12-2009 4:32am
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democrates wrote: »

In perspective excellent thanks and I hope you and everyone else is the same.

Personal disaster earlier, met a girl I haven't seen in ages (always liked her she's dead sound, ok and fancied the hoop off her too) and asked her when she's due, she tells me she's not pregnant. Now I'm torn between fix it and stop digging.

holy sh1t thats a tough one, that is indeed a tough one

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#357 13-12-2009 2:45pm
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democrates wrote: »

In perspective excellent thanks and I hope you and everyone else is the same.

Personal disaster earlier, met a girl I haven't seen in ages (always liked her she's dead sound, ok and fancied the hoop off her too) and asked her when she's due, she tells me she's not pregnant. Now I'm torn between fix it and stop digging.

Afraid you may have to cut your losses dude.

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#358 13-12-2009 3:01pm
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Just say "Oh, apologies! You're just fat then?"

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#359 13-12-2009 10:54pm
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stupid question no doubt but whats the difference between a 50mm 1.8 and 500mm 1.4.

and why is there such a difference in the price.

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#360 13-12-2009 11:26pm
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50mm is about the same focal length as your etc, 500mm is a telescope.

f1.4 is an achievable aperture size with a 50mm lens. The size of the aperture is 1/1.4 times the focal length, ~36mm.

With a 500mm f1.4 lens the aperture would need to be 350mm. That's over a foot!
In order for a lens to accommodate such an aperture it would have to be the size of a dustbin.

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#361 13-12-2009 11:29pm
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Well, there are at least two threads dealing with nifty fifties.
In general, 1.8 is the absolutely cheapest lense you can get from Canon. Build quality, plastic lenses, motor...
But it is a prime, therefore it mandatory has to be better than standard kit lenses. Especially with aperture 1.8 you cannot get from most of the available zoom lenses.
1.4 has USM motor, glass elements, better built quality and overall superior.

If you are surprised by the price gap, check the price of 50/1.2L

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