Posts by bigshot

You're probably thinking of Billy May. He was Glenn Miller's arranger and he did an album in stereo in the late 50s where he reunited the Miller alumni for a reunion album. He did a killer version of Little Brown Jug.

I guess no one around here listens to big band. In any case, I do. This is the one you want. You don't want records. CDs sound much better in this case. http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Years-1938-42-Glenn-Miller/dp/B00005K3N2/

I highly recommend Don Giovanni by Joseph Losey. It was one of the first films to have 5:1 surround and was shot on location in Italy with a near perfect cast. You won't find a better opera experience on bluray. Best of all it's cheap...

I love street shooting, especially at night. Almost all of my pictures have people in them doing things.

There's something I've been thinking about lately too... When I look at people's photos on the internet, most of them fall into two categories... static shots of nature (both wide and close) and cute pictures of babies and dogs. Now I...

I've printed a medium sized poster from a 3 mp camera and gotten great results. Resolution is generally overrated. Anything over 10 megapixels is overkill for normal use, so we're well into the range of overkill. But there are always...

Tremendous bargain. A week's worth of music for the price of a lunch.   http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_kk_1?rh=i%3Adigital-music-album%2Ck%3Abach+guild&keywords=bach+guild&ie=UTF8&qid=1364510959

It's weird but I really like my screw drive lenses better than the ones with focus motors. For some reason they seem to focus faster and lock in better. Especially my Tokina 17-50 2.8. That lens is peppy.

I have lenses by Nikon, Tokina, Tamron and Samyang. I also have a full bag of film era Nikkors. I MUCH prefer the new lenses to the old Nikkors, and I find the third party lenses can be just as good as the equivalent Nikon lenses. Lots...

Quote: Originally Posted by howzitboy  camera i really like is the D200, takes great pictures, easy to use and u can pick them up used pretty cheap. U can also pick up a nice used lens for pretty cheap...