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50mm@f1.8 only gets a little over 1ft DOF, but 35mm@f2 manages 2.75'. That would be enough. Canon sells an EF 35mm f2 for a reasonable price (~$250). Thoughts? Hopefully the local shop doesn't have it in stock, so I'll be able to read your responses before I buy it ;)

Wow, doing some basic DOF calculations does not bode well. I understand that using a fast lens close to the subject causes a very low DOF, but even at 12' distance, 50mm@f1.4 gives a DOF <1ft! Backup plan: Hyperfocal distance? Nope....not until 300+ ft.

I'm still stoked about hydrogen. According to Pradeep's link above, there are already 9 locations in the Bay Area.

Damn. That is the funniest thing I have read in weeks. If I maintained a funny signature, that would have to be it. ;)

When I say old-timers, I mean in relation to the age of the site. The 8 most prevalent posters signed up within days of the site starting, and are responsible for ~40% of the posts. Therefore most of the traffic is made by people who can remember what has been mentioned before, reviving a thread...

Congrats. I thought you were a platform guy?

Stretching the limits is right. Fortunately, I will have some time to set up the shots. This is a traveling dance, the couples move around the outside of the floor counter-clockwise. Typically there are tables set up around the perimeter (whose candle-light could be the only source). I plan on...

For me it doesn't have to be similar; 2x the equivalent in Raptors would do. Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM - $160 I could see paying $320 for 64GB SATA SSDs. Hell I almost payed $500+

Sold out already ;)

Your table helps immensely, thanks Mark. I'll probably pick up the 50mm f1.4 next week and see how it does.

So, as far as fast lenses in Canon's lineup is concerned, her is what I am seeing: EF 50mm f/1.0L - $2600 EF 85mm f/1.2L II - $1900 EF 50mm f/1.2L - $1400 EF 50mm f/1.4 - $350 Although I would love to get away with one of these: EF 50mm f/1.8 II - $80 So I need to figure out exactly what I...

Thanks for the info Mark. I plan on shooting with a tabletop tripod and the camera tethered to my mini-laptop running DSLR Remote Pro. Because of the tripod, I don't think IS will help me.

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Thanks for the response Mark. I thought I had read that the f-stop is a ratio involving focal length, thanks for straightening that out. I know that there are many factors to taking good pictures, but my primary point of interest happens to push the technical limitations quite a bit. I teach...

Almost. All I want is the circuit board that the drives plug in to. The circuit board out of the case that you linked is the part# that I referenced above. The rest of the enclosure will be a custom job, but a backplane will make all the wiring easier.

Ideally, just the circuit board with connectors. Everything else would be discarded for this project. I currently have my eyes on Supermicro part # CSE-SATA-933, but I can't find a decent-looking vendor to order from. It doesn't have to be new, just functional. If anyone here has one with 8-16...

I'm afraid my next stop is Moscow...where everyone is a pirate ;)

Will any f/1.2 lens be able to take better low-light pictures than any f/1.4 lens? Does focal length have anything to do with it? Considering aperture is measured based on focal length, I would need to assume that a 60mm f/2 would let in more light than a 50mm f/2. Is this why my lens is capable...

Does formatting the card regularly introduce wear?

Well, my SSD arrived broken (packaging appeared fine, but SATA connector was fractured). When I shipped it back to newegg, they were out of stock. I got my money back. One impulse buy prevented ;) I won't be able to wait until next year, though. I'm sure I'll get another before then.

3.5GB in the first week...that's only 182GB/yr. A pittance ;)

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I've done the "1st half" of the Pacific, but I don't think I'll be doing the "bigger half" anytime soon. You guys have real pirates over there, with rocket launchers and machine guns.

If it is in an NSK2400, I think the case fan is within a few mm of the cooler. I don't think one mounted to the cooler itself would help at all.

I've been just connecting the camera when I get home. It is programmed to automatically sync the pictures to a datestamped folder, so by the time I return from the kitchen it is well on it's way. By the time I finish cheking in here it's done. I'm just worried about the USB2 port on the camera...

If I were putting one of these in a case, I wouldn't put a fan on it at all. I really doubt it will be necessary for anything under 100W.

I think it looks awesome. I've been thinking of putting them in my modded Antec Aria SFF boxes.

I've been using Foxit Reader for a few years on all my client builds, fantastic program.

I would so love to get linux on the desktop at some of my clients, but too many of them have special windows-only apps to deal with. Going to an unsupported configuration (wine) is just unthinkable.

I have a proper flag that I put up when racing my boat. Does your hat have plumage?

Nice. Pitty it is too big for all the 9.5mm laptops out there. I just hope it brings down the cost of the 64GB ones (and the 1.8" as well).

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So, it is after a given period of time in which copies are taking place? Does it occur when copying the same about of files from the drive?

There is a bigger question here. Was this update "pushed" from the server? Or do all XP/Vista machines "phone home" from time to time, checking for updates anyway. Although they are both scary, I am really worried if a server on the internet can push files to my computer and have them installed...

Thanks. So my SanDisk Ultra II 2GB is close to as good as it gets. Darn, I was hoping for something faster.

I'd forgotten that I already had a flickr account, so I just put my stuff there. My username there is the same as here.

There is also a much, much more expensive 50mm f1.2 Canon lens. $75 $350 $1200 I wasn't even aware there was supposed to be a DOF indicator on the lens ring. My current lens doesn't have it. If being plastic makes it lighter, I'm all for that.

I'd rather not start a flame war on this, but I had an interesting discussion on this topic today, the basic conclusions are listed below. 1. Being a photo pro does not make you a computer pro. 2. The people that say what is quoted above take it as gospel; they have no benchmarks or actual...

Did some flower shots today while I was working (the nursery is a client).

So, this combination doesn't get me as much low-light/fast shutter goodness as I was after. Is the EF 50mm f/1.8 II going to be significantly better? Based on my understanding so far, it will require about 1/4 the shutter time @ 1.8 that my current lens does @ 3.5? Are there other factors to...

Wow, RAW does give you a crapload of options doesn't it.

Yup. It shows up as "20D" beneath removable storage, therefore SyncToy won't work with it. :( CS3 will open the RAW files after they are copied to the HDD, it just wouldn't see them on the camera via "WIA" mode.

Setting it to PTP mode did the trick...thanks!

Communication is set to "Normal". The only other option is "PTP". The OS Detects the camera, but "Disk Management" doesn't display it as a drive. When I'm in Photoshop CS3, it will import all the JPG images, but doesn't display the RAW ones at all.

Is there a reason I can't see the camera as a drive when it is connected via USB? Is there a reason that the Photoshop "Import->WIA-EOS20D" can't see the RAW images?

I'd chalk it up to the old-timers. I remembered there was already a thread on the total number of posts, so I could bring it back.

Based on Tannin's post about Macro lenses above, it seems like they are great for general purpose stuff as well. Where would they not be a good choice? Action shots?

Any specific recommendations on a USB CF reader? What are the fastest CF cards?

100,000+. yay.

Gotcha. Would a USB adapter and "boot to USB" work for you?