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Havent taken many pics lately. I figure the G1x will be the perfect travel camera. Almost an APS-C sensor, full manual controls, and it still shoots RAW.

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Yeah I was sorry to hear about your cat dying.........................:D

But seriously folks, I can see making the switch. Outside of showing people that your camera has a big lens
or that your camera is bigger than their camera, there is no reason to saddle yourself to a full rig, unless
you have to compromise on the sensor.

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Only real compromises with the g1x are af speed and the zoom range is only 28-112mm

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Do you want to buy a cheap D50, D70, D200 or D100? Something to have on hand, you know. PM me for the prices. I know before you wadn't hearin it, but now things have changed I think.

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Great Blue Heron. Normally they fly away at the first sign of human activity. Luckily the 70-200 lens was already on the camera in my bag.

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Nice, Ron!

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Shot with the 50mm 1.8G lens.

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Sad commentary on the condition of many rivers, especially in urban areas. If you look closely, that's a shopping cart it's standing on.

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This was shot with the 50mm 1.8G also. I am liking this lens a lot, especially since it pretty much sits in the camera bag, unused. Don't know why.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/1...8801ac79_c.jpg

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Still waiting for the fall colors to really hit my area. Must be the warm weather we've been having.

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G1X arrived. Pics of our new kitten. Had him a little over a month.





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Sheldon by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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Sheldon2 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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More, in bad lighting. I think these 3 were shot at 12,800 ISO

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IMG_1126 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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IMG_1125 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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IMG_1112 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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I went to NOLA this weekend and wandered the quarter at night as usual. NOT my best trip, I had a guest with me and I went the speed they wanted to go, bypassed hundreds of things I wanted to shoot, and due to LSU starting at 2:30, left WAY before I usually do at 8:30. But NONE of that will hold me back from shooting at least one great one.....and now I give you that great shot, lol...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/1...d3f559f9_c.jpg
Storm Trooper Ladies Evening Wear by Brad-(OLS), on Flickr

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That lil cat cleaned up good, Justin.

Here is another one of those shots where I park the car, get my feet under me, turn on the camera, look up and whammo,
I see THIS before me....

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Lonely Street by Brad-(OLS), on Flickr

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Awesome! I looked at the EXIF info, and you were shooting ISO 5000? How clear are the photos with the D700 without Photoshop with this camera?

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Ron, I never mess with noise unless it is obvious, because it really takes so much away from the photo.
It is very likely that this photo is basically SOOC with only the signature added. I can't swear to that,
but this is all the superior imaging of the D700. That is why I want another one. The only reason I have not
worked hard to get another one so far is that I kind of went SO FAR down the road of owning all those other
cameras, that if I got another D700, that is all I would take anywhere. I am not a fool for buying D90s and D200s,
but I would be a fool if I bought them and did not use them. So I wait for the prices to go down, and when they do
I will pick up another one or two. But these things just shoot and shoot in the dark. And of course, 5000 is high ISO,
but not even close to half of what it WILL DO. But I don't like to push it at all unless I just have to. It was a real juggling
act to balance ISO, F/stop and shutter speed to keep everything right. There is noise in the photo, it is just subtle.
And as you can see, this streetlamp is bathing the area with usable light. What is remarkable to me is not the ISO/noise,
but the LENS, 24mm at 2.8, is WIDE OPEN, and is doing a pretty decent job of being sharp. Way more depth of field than
I thought I could get wide open, I guess because it is a true wide angle lens on this full frame camera.

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Ron, the d700 is an fx camera. Typically a full frame will exhibit sofnificantly less noise at a given iso compared to a crop sensor camera of the same time period. Just go back and look at my Canond 6d images at 12,800 iso

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Guess I need to save my money then because I like what I see with full frame equipment!

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I hate to say it, Ron, but according to Justin, I would have two D700s now, just what I REALLY WANT, if I had not
bought all those crappy OLD Nikons. He was right then and he is right now. But I like my D90, I just can't use if for
everything I want to use it for. TRUTH be told, I could have gotten the same shot with a D90 in that spot. No more
noise than what you see there. But that IS about the limit. Reasonable ISO, plenty of practice to find out JUST HOW
SLOW a shutter speed you can hand hold, and PERFECT exposure. Low or high exposure tends to magnify amp noise.

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Quick zoo trip today. Pix soon

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Took the G1x out on her maiden voyage!

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IMG_1145 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1186 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1161 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1176 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1149 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1156 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1147 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1181 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1185 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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They are starting to set up for their Spooktackular for Halloween

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IMG_1163 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1177 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1190 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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IMG_1191 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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The Hunter's Moon:

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I like this shot :tu

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That's a crispy MOON, Ron, nice lens there. Justin, I always love animal pics, thanks. Well, except for the cat.

Spent a second weekend in a row in NOLA, this time by myself, wherein I get much better results. But Ron, the
D700 got taken along, and I shot very poorly with it. (Nkkor 24mm f/2) I got much better results this time with
a D90 and a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 AF-G lens.

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New Orleans Tugboat by Brad-(OLS), on Flickr

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Since its almost Halloween, I thought I'd share something I passed in the French Quarter on Sunday morning....yes,
those are pumpkin boobs. Too much bandana for my taste, though.

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Cotswald Cottage in Greenfield Village. Dating back to the 1600's it was brought over from England brick by brick and reconstructed here

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This is the little house that Henry Ford built for his grandkids on his estate, now on the campus of UofM, Dearborn.

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Bugatti

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Wow, Ron, that last one is PERFECT. The other ones are impressive, but that color and light and quality on that last one...wow.

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A sideways wide angle look at NOLA.....4 second exposure

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Tugboat at Work in New Orleans by Brad-(OLS), on Flickr

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I could get shots like that of downtown Detroit, but it's a PITA to cross the border just to get pics, now that we need passports and all even for Canada. And wandering around Motown at night with camera gear and a tripod is right out of the question! :r

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That Chevrolet was a 1954 Corvette. Not sure of the year of the Bugatti, but I think it's a Bugatti Royale. Even during the Great Depression, a car like that would set you back well over $30,000, or more like over a half million dollars in today's dollars..... The Thunderbird is a 1956

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Only time I ever crossed was RIGHT after 9/11. THAT was a trip trying to get back over.

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Yeah, those canucks will let any bum in, but the American's tend to check a little more thoroughly. Wait, no offense Brad. :r

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We'll DRINK TO IT.....

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Amber Waves of Grain by Brad-(OLS), on Flickr

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Taking a trip wayyyy back in time:

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Some species of prehistoric crocodile, I guess. I'm sure glad that we don't have anything alive on Earth like this now...

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