Dell Days of deals are back. Today they have a 500GB external for $149.

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topi...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

Yeah, it was the WD one. But enclosuers are cheap. $40 bucks for a nice one and you have an external 500gb drive for around $190 taxes in.

they have an ext 120 for $99 but i think i'll stick with WD



the WD 500GB MyBook, so sexy, i almost picked one up but figured i needed portablity over space

So a few weeks back I sent my Tamron 17-50 back for a warranty repair. No big deal, the lens was fine it was just a little locking tab on the side had stopped grabbing. I go to the store to pick it up today, and I checked the invoice to see what they did. Its says "Action taken: replaced lens" is that normal? instead of just repairing it they just send me a new one?

I hope this one is as sharp as the last one

Ouch...270GB HD space is...rough. I've got ten times that on just my main system.

Grab yourself some HDs...they're so cheap these days.

I have my 80GB hard drive... and a possibly malfunctioning 200gb external. :(

^ i saw a 250 Gb external hard drive at best buy yesterday for 90$...power supply case and all that crap

I'm looking at getting some wireless flashes here soon for when I shoot indoors and cars etc at night. From what I understand, I'll need a 550ex on the camera, and then 420 ex's as slaves right? the 550 "controls" the 420s? am I missing anything? Is there any other combination out there besides canon's flashes? (shooting with an XTi)

You should have gotten a Nikon or Sony. They have their wireless controllers built into the cameras. You can use Pocketwizards too.

550/580ex as master

any others (420/430/550/580) slaves



full list here

http://www.kjsl.com/~dave/speedlites.html

so i'm travelling for a month to taiwan.
3 weeks spent on tour, both on campus and on the road, going through all of taiwan.
1 week spent with relatives.

i will be taking a camera with me, nikon d70s. can't miss out on great photo opportunities.

BUT... i'm not sure what the best way to upload/store my pictures..

i could bring my macbook pro+card reader...but it's a lot of expensive stuff i'm going to be keeping on me/in my backpack at all times.

anyone have any tips, pointers, past experiences?

there's photo storage devices. hold like 60gbs....just plug the card into the device and it dl's all the pics...something like that.....justin's got one up in the B&S

i know about those things, but at like ...200~ that's kind of pricey...

last year i went away for a week to florida and i had a cheaper..ish sort of solution. i found a usb thing that connected two usb devices together. i brought my external, card reader, and this usb connecter.

problem is, i went for a week and i already had qualms about it. it worked fine when i came home and checked the folders and all that, but i don't want to risk doing the procedure for a whole month, very risky.

any other solutions? or should i just bring my macbook.. i'm contemplating it, i'll just have to see if i have a nice backpack or go buy one at MEC for it...

laptops are good. or else if you dont wanna buy an external drive you'll have to goto internet cafe's and upload the pictures somewhere which could take a few hours in itself...

EEeeewwww...it's 33 degrees and humid here in T.O. Bleh!

I havn't shot any landscapes in week! Tommorwo is a new day for me :D

I also found a sony w55 at the club, so now I need to find a charger. Also I can't stop laughing because there are some fucked up photos on this camera.

Post the pics!

...or show hem to me at the next meet! :D

PS....it was pissing rain here in Banff when I got here last night, but it's sunny & warm now. Going to take lots of landscapes today! :D

PPS.... Majin...do you have the Cokin Z series filters?

I think I have the x series... the top of the line one.

Isn't the X Series a bit big? You thinking of buying a 8x10 camera or something?

I bought these at a gift shop in Banff. They're so good, I had about 15 pieces!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/PICT8481.jpg

...then I read the label on the bottom...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/PICT8483.jpg

no the x-series is just the top of the line series. It's ment for the wide of the wide (16mm) and the filters are usually better quality, and made of a more clearer as you say plastic.

one of the best if not the bests wedding photoblogs:


i have posted this site before, but its so good i have to post it again in case someone hasn't seen it yet:

http://www.theblogisfound.com/

^ its one of my daily stops after RS :)/then fredmiranda/sportshooter/nsmb/ back to rs/repeat throughout the day :D

same here, I've gone through there albums at least once and week and check daily for updates

very inspiring