Hi,
Very basic question for the Photogeeks:
Why is it that for photogeeks the only serious cameras are Nikons or
Canons? What's wrong with all the other well-known brands?
-- b
On 16-May-06, at 11:37 PM, Thaths wrote:
Ken Rockwell suggests the 18 - 55mm f/3.5 - 5.6G ED.
Do you mean the 17-55 2.8? f/5.6 at 55mm is rather sucky for low light.
The 18-70 is a moody lens. I've got both great shots and utterly
shabby ones and over a year later still can't figure out wha
Thaths wrote:
I currently have a Nikon N80 with Nikkor 28-105 f/3.5-4.5D and Nikkor
50 f/1.8. I am going to be buying a Nikon D200 in a couple of weeks. I
think I can get the body for circa $1700. I am looking for a lens to
go with this body. Several stores seem to be pushing kits including
the
Thaths,The camera body is a black box with a ccd/cmos sensor. The magic is created by the photographer and the glass(There's a reason why Leica glass is worshipped). I'd suggest getting used to the D200 with the 50mm lens (and a mighty fine lens it is). You can then rent out lenses to see which one
On 5/16/06, Kalyan Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have used the 18-70mm lens for about 2 years now and I'm ready to move
on. The photographs are not as sharp and it sucks in low light conditions.
Ken Rockwell suggests the 18 - 55mm f/3.5 - 5.6G ED.
If I were you, I would buy the new 18-20
On Tue, 16 May 2006, Thaths wrote:
I currently have a Nikon N80 with Nikkor 28-105 f/3.5-4.5D and Nikkor
50 f/1.8. I am going to be buying a Nikon D200 in a couple of weeks. I
think I can get the body for circa $1700. I am looking for a lens to
go with this body. Several stores seem to be pushi
On 5/16/06, A. M. Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh I don't know. I think she should follow the band around for a year.
She won't get the chance to waste that kind of time ever again, 'cause
once you start on the grindstone, pursuit of material wealth, security
and debt relief keep you on it
On 5/15/06, Indrajit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It hurts because she's thinking of the wrong colleges for the wrong reasons.
And her parents aren't helping much. Too close to the bone.
Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 15 May 2006 04:59:05 -0700, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> This really hurt
Well, the second offer was made for two reasons ...
1) Anyone can be accused of going after the job with more cash on the table.
I don't entirely blame him for going to Delhi where he got a better offer.
My problem was his lack of professionalism in informing us. He's only 24, I
cut him a break.
2
>
> For those who don't want to read above, basically ... I made a job offer
> to
> a programmer, he accepted over the phone, we spoke salary details and sent
> him the offer letter with a pre-defined start date. He didn't show up to
> work as he had taken up another offer and moved from Bangalore
Hey
guys,
Recently, I had to
go through one of the perfect "nightmare" scenarios when it comes to hiring in
Bangalore.
To get a sense of
the issue, you might want to read this entry on my blog first .. http://www.logic2go.com/index.php/archives/2006/04/09/
For those who don't
want to
No answers to your questions but I got to look at some more of you
recent pictures. Nice pictures, great composition - you have a knack of
picking the right moments to shoot.
Vardhini
--- Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry to post this to Silk. I know there are quite a few shutterbugs
>
Sorry to post this to Silk. I know there are quite a few shutterbugs
here and I would like to hear your opinions.
I currently have a Nikon N80 with Nikkor 28-105 f/3.5-4.5D and Nikkor
50 f/1.8. I am going to be buying a Nikon D200 in a couple of weeks. I
think I can get the body for circa $1700.
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 06:25:49AM -0700, Thaths wrote:
> You mean like a fine pyramid scheme?
no. pyramid schemes depend on a constant flow on new investors whose principal
provides the returns for previous investors. futures trading is typically
conducted by a relatively small number of large
On 5/15/06, Sriram Karra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
More significantly, they take as much risk as they are comfortable
with, and beyond that buy insurance from others who are willing to
sell it in the form of Oil futures. From the article:
You mean like a fine pyramid scheme?
Thaths
--
"Bart!
they're hedging prices, which is what big firms do all the time to reduce
risk (take a bet against current trends while working along with current
trends). the difference is that they are actually passing on the benefits
of hedging to consumers. presumably they have bought oil at a contract rate
i think the last word on ID is the onion's report on the theory of
"intelligent falling" as an alternative to gravity [1]. though i think it
was a bit mean for them to use a picture of john sulston, who lead the
human genome project and won the nobel prize [2], as the "evangelical
scientist rev
Sriram Karra wrote:
On 5/16/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't get this business. Exactly how does First Fuel Banks stand to
gain if customers only withdraw fuel when regular market prices are
higher? Are they banking on fuel prices crashing?
First of all, from looking
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/lights-most-exotic-trick-yet-so-fast-it-goes-backwards-10590.html
In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both
faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at
the University of Rochester have published a paper today in
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