Quote: Shooting at 24mm 3 feet away is not the same as shooting 200mm from 20 feet. I bet 90% of the people with zoom wouldn't even bother walking that extra 17 feet, when a full twist of the zoom ring can "bring you there".   Perspective can make or break the photograph.  

I want in! :) Hopefully it's not too late to RSVP :)

I've butchered up my ADDIEMs, torn apart the earphones completely and got my hands on these little gems..     Anyhow, who should I send them to for custom moulds? Last time I was still active on Head-fi, only UM and Fischer Audio (sp?) do "custom customs".   Not only do I need to...

Link to album in JPG: http://www.fileserve.com/file/tgkrjYh (60.8MB rar file)     My laptop and external monitor is not calibrated so there might be an odd colour shift. I also blame that JPG lossy conversion! :P                      ...

In before pictures, which will be ready in a couple of hours   Many thanks to Pavel for organizing such an incredible meet, great people, amazing setups and wonderful atmosphere! It was great to see and talk to you all!

Pink Floyd's The Wall, and recently, Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns.

Quote: Originally Posted by trevorlane front element protection, effects, it would be like going around with my 300 without having the hood attached. I never use a filter to protect my lens. In the case of dropping your gears on the floor (knock on wood), the thin piece of glass...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't bokeh improve as the background gets further away from the subject?

Never tried the AD700, but the K701 isn't as bad as everyone says to be.

Rockwell's usually full of crap. The review reeks of contradictions.

I'm too lazy to dig through all 117 pages, anybody tried remolding their Etymotic ER4s?

Lightscribe's only available in black and white, no?

Quote: Originally Posted by subtle If one is incapable of being able to take off headphones, set them down, pick them back up again, and repeat this process, then that person should be more concerned with developing their preschool like motor skills rather than listening to headphones...

Each piece of gum gives you about 5 calories each, sugar free, fat (transfat and saturated fat) free and low in potassium compared to a banana. Can you survive eating 400 pieces of gum each day?

From the Chinese perspective, canker sores are caused by some sort of imbalance of "heat" in your body. Apparently every food have some sort of "hot" or "cold" property (like Ying Yang) and if you eat too much "hot" food then canker sores are more likely to break out. Ever since I was young...