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ROTFLMFAO. No. That's not my car.

Correct. I don't need to use SATA-3. I had the wrong specs in my head and was thinking SATA-2 was 150 MB/s instead of 300 MB/s. I have two Intel SATA-3 ports and two Marvell 88SE9172 SATA-3 ports. SSD on one Intel port. I'm more concerned with reliability of the Marvell SATA-3 ports vs...

Thought DD might like this. Especially 1:10.

Good to know the He-premium isn't necessary. Thanks. The 8 TB drives at B&H are the price of the 6TB drives at Amazon/Newegg. The 6 TB drive is $25 cheaper @ B&H. Two 8 TB drives 'mirrored' would hold me for another 10 years as it took me three years to fill the 1 and 2 TB drives. EDIT...

I'm thinking of picking up two drives but my motherboard only have two Intel SATA 3 ports. One port already has the SSD on it, hence my concern with non-Intel ports. The He drives are $50-70 more than the discounted drive linked above. Worth the added cost? Heat/airflow not a problem with my...

"HGST 8TB Deskstar 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS Drive Kit" for $230 at B&H. I'm not building a NAS. However my internal 1 TB & 2 TB drives are filling up. Decent price? No issues using a "NAS" drive as a conventional drive? Win 7 Pro. Any known reliability issues when using a...

I was using the Lowepro Fastpack BP 250 AW during my hikes but it was holding all of my gear, stuff that I rarely used on hiking trails, so now it's just for storage and transportation. I just sling my camera using the Joby Pro Sling Strap and put any accessories I may need in conventional...

New MINOLTA cameras? Wait, wat!?! Welcome back to 2003.

The 7D3 spec rumors have begun.

If you're feeling adventurous you could try Merc's old "Malware Removal Procedures" and attempt to recover your computer from malware. It worked for me but took multiple (maybe a dozen?) hours and requires a second working/safe computer to download the necessary programs and their updates...

"I'll paint any car, any color for......"

Correct regarding the weight. Some of the MILC lenses are actually heavier than their mirror-flapper cousins. Now regarding cost. Savings in cost for the consumer or manufacturer? I don't think MILC cameras that will compete/take-over the 'high-end' DSLR market will be cheaper for the...

FIOS?

My theory is that Lunar has the page he wants to link to open in another tab, clicks the "link" icon while entering a message but simply does not copy the link into the link box?!? That, or the CIA/NSA firewall doesn't allow linking?

True. However, the :scratch: is that if you have two polarizers stacked on top of each other with their polarization effect oriented 90 degrees from each other ALL the light is blocked, but if you stack a third filter on top of that some light can now gets through?!?

A head scratcher. Three stacked polarizing filters block less light then just two stacked filters. Waaaaaaat?

I'm kinda that way. But I could also say, "Are there really people out that that drive an Audi when a Toyota will do?" If I want to drink water I grab a bottle of Arrowhead out of the fridge. I've been drinking Arrowhead for 20+ years now. I even have a RO system that supplies filtered tap...

From Nikon Rumers: "New interview with Tetsuro Goto from Nikon: “full frame is the trend, if Nikon will go mirrorless it must be full frame." The plot thickens. This might just be some random guy inside Nikon talking about his own preferences and have no relation to what Nikon's plans are for...

Weren't the same sentiments made "back in the day" regarding digital cameras? Vis-a-vis film and digital coexisting because digital would never equal film? I don't actually know if this is true, as I wasn't interested in photography during the film-to-digital transition, but would suspect the...

True. However, mirrorless is the future. Not sure when, but it will happen. Mirror, shutter, AF modules, etc are all complicated pieces that cost a ton to design, manufacturer, repair, warranty, etc. Canikon need to cut production costs to stay profitable in the ever changing camera world.

Another MILC lens patent for Nikon. MILC 24mm f/1.8 in both FF and APS-C formats. Other MILC lens patents besides the 36mm and 52mm posted in a previous post: -24-68mm f/2.8-4 FF MILC. -28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 VR FF MILC. Although this one is almost 3 years old. New Nikon MILC cameras in 2018...

I wonder how this Tamron will compare to the Canon 100-400 II ?

I think "news" has now gone past the point of "info-tainment" and is now purely entertainment. The "left" leaning channels entertaining the left and the "right" leaning channels entertaining the right.

If your modem and router eight years old verify that you are getting the up/download speeds you are paying for. My ISP upgraded me from 25 to 50 mbps months before I ever noticed because my old modem and router were limiting speeds. And if it's flaky enough to work after being allowed to...

Thanks for the Yellowstone trip report CityK. I definitely want to spend 9-10 days on next year's annual vacation to Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP. And take said vacation during the off-season time of the year. Either right before snow closes down roads and access or just after...

Ding, Ding, Ding. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. SD's replay is 100% word for word what I would have written. Do not talk to police. Even if you are completely innocent. Do no talk to them. Ever.

I'm starting a new thread for "Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras" (MILC) and Lenses as I didn't see a thread on this subject. Interesting story at PetaPixel titled, "Nikon Patents 2 Full Frame Mirrorless Lenses: 52mm f/0.9 and 36mm f/1.2" Very interesting. An f/0.9 and f/1.2 scream...

Nice shots. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I've never used it of course, but from all I've read the 100-400 II is amazing. Shame DD doesn't use his that much. That's why I doubt Nikon will update their 80-400 anytime soon/ever. It would have to be $2500-2800, even if they priced it...

I'd join you, if we weren't on opposite sides of the country. And I was in waaaay better physical shape. Sounds like an epic trip. Only concern is that weather might be a problem and if you needed to travel a couple hundred miles the day before to avoid cloud cover that could be problematic...

Better late than never. ;) - Yep. It's funny that people who actually get to see totality are completely underwhelmed by 98-99% in comparison. Logically I would have thought 99% would be pretty cool, but Meh, not really, at least in comparison to totality. - Yep, temp drop along with...

Well an 80-400 won't do much for the landscape folks. An 80-400/5.6E lens that is as good as the Canon would be pricey. And since Nikon, per their CEO ramblings, says that they want to go upscale, they should put out such a lens at a $2400 price point. It would have to be better than the...

Nikkor UWA lenses need updating. More ramblings ... because I'm bored. With the release of Nikon's new 45MP D850 they really need to update there ultra wide zooms and ultra wide primes. And other pro and f/1.4 lenses. UWA-zooms updates: The Nikkor 14-24/2.8G was outstanding 10 years ago...

I didn't know the Canon 16-35/4 was that good. My Nikkor 16-35/4 is "Meh, not horrible, not great" compared to the Canon. I'm Jelly.

More harping on the D850 "+2 fps tax" cause I can't help it... Thom Hogan mentions the "tax" in his blog here. He even post the exact same link I did for a $39 OEM EN-EL18a battery + charger. That OEM battery is now OOS. He mentions that OEM battery works in the D500 grip, but the D500...

I found this bit in the Lensrentals article interesting: "Unfortunately, these types of damage are considered neglect, as warnings were given out to customers before the solar eclipse. Our LensCap insurance plan, which can be added to rentals for a small nominal fee, does not protect from...

For all that is holy...just don't point the 600/4 at the sun. The humanity!!!!!!!!!!111111!!!!eleven!!!!!!!!!.

I understand the argument, just wondering how one camera can achieve 10 fps with one battery [EN-EL15] while another camera needs two. And not just two batteries. One battery plus one huge battery [EN-EL15 + EN-EL18]. I guess we'll find out. The crazy priced chargers are OOS at B&H and...

This "generic" EN-EL18a battery charger is a reasonable $75. It looks like an exact copy of the Nikon one here. Except for the black vs gray color. I was actually, kinda, considering selling my D610 to my friend and upgrading to a D850 sometime in middle/late 2018 but the $945 "upgrade" cost...

Yeah the maps were cached quite a bit as many of the smaller highways had no cell (Verizon) service. We never had any trouble with maps. Now if we asked google to compute a different route to a new town/city and we didn't have cell service, that was a problem but the map itself still was there...

I'll definitely be driving to/around this small town in Texas for the eclipse on Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 1:31 pm. Totality will be 4min18sec in 2024. Can't wait.

I'm re-posting my three eclipse images at their full 24MP (6016x4016) resolution as the 1600x1068 crops cut out a lot of detail. Enjoy. Ring: Corona: Diamond ring: Edit: Postimage {dot} org is kinda sucky, as it resizes the images to fit the screen. Gallery link here. You can click on...

Yep. My friend and others we met at Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP after eclipse had the same experiences. About 3-4 amazing minutes the rest was ...... interesting by Meh in comparison. There were about 30-40 cars spread out on that lonely dirt road but everybody was spread out in little...

$945 for +2 fps = suckage! True, for the user that already has those batteries and chargers. The new user is going to be boned with extra fees to get +2 fps. Almost forget you have to buy a battery chamber cover, BL-5 for $25 as well, according to the D850 accessories chart: $945 is a...

Is that your sock puppet acct Lunar?

57C in CA 104 years ago.

BSI sensor :) "ONLY $3300." :) About $300 less than I expected. :) Specs look really good. :) The only thing that sucks is that it costs $920 to upgrade from 7 to 9 FPS. Battery grip $400, EN-EL18b battery $150 and $370 for battery charger. :( ANY cheaper battery chargers for the...

On the drive home from my vacation we went from NW Wyoming to central Arizona in a day. 852 miles in 15 hours. Started a 3:20am (2:20am AZ time) and got into Flagstaff at 5:30pm AZ time. First 3 hours in total darkness. Thank God for google map directions on friends iphone.

It's like a box of chocolates. You never know what yure gonna git.

My friend from Cali and I saw the total solar eclipse. And it was amazing. Ended up on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. The outskirts of Shoshoni, Wyoming to be exact. We went about 100 yards off the road and up a small hill. The weather looks a bit cloudy in the pics, but...

Well most are just booked solid. And crazy prices for the few available. It is a national park area so that would add to the demand as people will have more to do in the area than spend a few minutes watching the eclipse. Yeah that's ideal. You should still have a bit over two minutes of...