@JayLancePhotography i'm encouraged that the offer is legit because its from an email address of a strictly local ISP...but i keep waiting for "but wait, i'd like to <insert insane thing here>"
guy on the 18" Dob needed to go check his camera and asked if I would rather man the Dob or check the camera - told him I'd prolly do better on the camera...thinking "well, it can't be that different on a Canon"
Even though I own equipment for both platforms, it always takes me a few hours to switch back and forth mentally when I use one platform for a while...
It's probably overkill (I own the D3X) because I don't really shoot client work on my Nikon gear... But there's something to be said for pulling out the top of the line when I'm asking people to pay me to teach them photography...
part of me wonders if they've been on a the verge of release a few times and somebody announced something beyond what they had planned and they're in scramble mode
@jrista that i don't know. I'm not saying that the D7000 is absolutely better in that regard. But there is most certainly a difference between sealed and resistant
Nikon themselves use the term "weather resistant", same as Canon: Magnesium alloy employed for the body, and superior weather-resistant and anti-dust capabilities
@rfusca Interestingly, whether I keep my 'Rolls Royce in the garage' most of the time or not, I believe that it was a good investment which has paid for itself since I got it in 2009... I've landed several clients by virtue of being able to 'shoot Nikon,' and have a number of paying students that are taking classes with me because of my Nikon gear.
@rfusca: The Nikon's are no more or less "sealed" than any other camera. All it boils down to is which major joints between body parts and plastic panels have an o-ring in them. Not every joint does in any camera, only the major ones. In the case of the D7000, they don't seal the mount for the LCD, which is a pretty major one. In the case of the Canon 7D, they don't seal the shutter button or main dial, which are also fairly major.
in either case, it doesn't really change the ultimate outcome. Any professional level camera from pretty much any manufacturer can handle rain and snow, so long as they aren't tossed around in the mud or submerged in water
to handle the latter, you need the creme of the crop...1D or D3 series cameras
Its just that this whole "nikon is sealed, others aren't" is just a brand loyalty thing on the internet in general...when the only two models that actually seal everything are the Canon 1D and Nikon D3 series.
I dug around trying to find information on Nikons...all I could really find was that Nikon themselves say "weather resistant", and that they don't really have any detailed diagrams that clearly show every joint and differentiate which are o-ring sealed and which aren't. Canon, at the very least, does clearly explain for all their sealed cameras how sealed they are, and where they are not fully sealed.
Nice. I love all the birds standing at the edge at the end.
Got a new pair of 2TB drives waiting for me at home tonight. Need to migrate mirrored 1TB drives to the new pair, then I free up the 1TB drives for backups. The fun never ends.
I wonder which one of the two cameras should I get. Here is one comparison. I've seen good photos on flickr using both cameras, so I'm not sure. People say that the Lumix's aperture is slower than the Olympus.
@DLambert ya, i have a little less patience with him since he's not a SE newbie and I don't think the answers are likely to contribute too terribly much to the wealth of the site given that he's already really answered it in his question
SE kind of gives the benefit of the doubt to new members who are already members on other SE sites. So they get 101 rep to give them more permissions so they can contribute more than a brand new member.
well apparently he took it poorly that I suggested he should do more than link drop
@jrista - you'll note I was very nice in my initial suggestion with him. Tried very hard to be 'welcoming' and have used that near exact wording before without getting the responses.
I think your use of "piss poor" is what gave him the wrong idea
he comes from SO
and the culture over at SO is quite a bit different
and the reason were small is not the aura of our community, its simply that we really don't fit that well within the bounds of StackExchange....and were competing with long-time, established resources for photography that much stronger presence on the internet
So, by and large it seems like the Photo.SE blog is a popular idea. According to Jeff's blog post, the next step is:
Define the scope and purpose of the blog. Is the blog about the site? Is it about the site’s topic? Is it about the industry around the topic? Keep in mind the audience of your...
@ElendilTheTall Lots of common household cleaning products are acidic... Sure, most people don't have "Alien Facehugger Strength" acid lying around, but most everyone has some sort of acid in their house...
I wonder which one of the two cameras should I get. Here is one comparison. I've seen good photos on flickr using both cameras, so I'm not sure. People say that the Lumix's aperture is slower than the Olympus.
So, by and large it seems like the Photo.SE blog is a popular idea. According to Jeff's blog post, the next step is:
Define the scope and purpose of the blog. Is the blog about the site? Is it about the site’s topic? Is it about the industry around the topic? Keep in mind the audience of your...
