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It looks like high ISO will be better than Nikon. Overall, though, it's completely stupid-terrible. 11AF with 1 cross. 97% viewfinder. GPS and wireless. $2100

The 2nd half of the vid is the new firmware for x-pro1. You can expect the same AF speed in the x-e1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca0YWDgE9wA

Happy birthday, Matt. We know you're reading this somewhere. We all miss you and wish you a happy journey.

I'm getting better with the PzIV. The L70 definitely helped. That thing can penetrate most tanks my tier from the front and higher tiers from the sides and back. And it does good damage. One thing that takes a little more time getting used to is that turret. It's much slower and heavier so it makes my tank slow to. With the stock turret it was much more nimble. I'm also going down the French TD line and Russian SPG line. I like TDs quite a bit. It may turn into my favorite line.

I haven't used Nikons much but when I played with the d90, I always remapped the Fn button (the one on the front of the camera) to do spot metering. That way I could choose on the spot which one to use. To use matrix, use your camera as normal. To use spot, hold down the Fn button while depressing the shutter release. When you're shooting directly into the sunlight it's always best to use spot metering. This is honestly my favorite feature of Nikons that Canons lack. Edit: Also, if you're shooting into sunlight and your subject is in range of your flash (check the guide number of the flash), don't hesitate to use fill flash. Edit again: If some guy says, "Hey, your flash is on, buddy." I always reply, "Oh yeah.. I don't know how to turn it off."

Agreed. Informational and insightful.

Definitely a stupid good deal. And I'm sure that 18-300 won't be nearly as good as the 18-200.

What he said.

Shelly, have you considered the ONA Union street bag?

When shooting action, try putting it into TV (shutter priority) mode and dialing the shutter speed to the minimum required to get rid of the blurriness (try 1/200). Put it on Auto ISO. If the shutter speed flashes and the shots come out underexposed, that means the lighting is poor and you either need a bounce flash or a faster lens. Remember that VR gets rid of handshake but it won't fix any movement by your subject.

Anybody play World of Tanks? I love this game because it's casual. You can pick up whenever you want and stop whenever you want. Great game. My account is fdu. Feel free to add me.

So have you completely switched over, Jeff?

I am very happy with my RS-7.

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I've heard that it really doesn't.

Very happy that I was too lazy to upgrade.

Even though it's not peaty, I'd recommend Aberlour A'bunadh. Excellent.

Jeff.. you've gotta have gotten the NEX-7 by now... Don't keep us in suspense..

Happy bday! So what's your cocktail of choice today?

Happy birthday!

Lots of bdays today. Have a good one, Ari!

Btw, despite me having lived in Evanston for 4 years, I never went to Chef's Station. How is that?

That looks interesting. Again, looking for a lunch place. Also, Chez Joel looks interesting, although nothing fancy, it looks like nice classic french food.

That's kind of a big stretch and also, neither is open for lunch.