The Monkey

Did you try the 007 on the KGSS/HV?

Still really loving imgur. I wish it integrated with Aperture, but still just easy and fast. Nice execution.

Al, the Willett is the stunt booze.

"What's 3 times 3, Fat Elvis?!"

lol, that's awesome shelly. At least you didn't call him Fat Elvis.

Now I just need to toss it in the air to see if I can freeze the action.

My first foray into shooting RAW and editing in Aperture:

From macrumors:

I am really liking the UD40. As I mentioned either here or in another thread, I just wish it had more of a "clamshell" type opening. It would be nice if the zippered opening on the main compartment would open a bit more down the sides. That said, it's a great bag overall. Shelly, have you looked at the Tom Bihn camera insert?

Yeah, my iMac is struggling, too. Being unable to fully use iCloud and the RAM limitation are starting to make it a PITA to use.

David Pogue claims that an Apple exec told him iMac redesign is slated for 2013.

Thanks again guys. This is really helpful, and I am at least beginning to get it.

Now I'm stuck wondering if I get an iMac or the new MacBook Pro...

w/r/t to the retina pro hp port: ??

I wonder if it still has optical out.

Jesus. I like that new laptop. If there's no meaningful iMac update I might just buy it.

Well, I think I can be counted on for moral support, at least.

Thanks Cankin. Looking back at my shots, that's definitely the problem. Shutter was way too slow.

Thanks Gene and Dan. Dan, I'll shoot you a PM. Maybe we can work out a trade. I used the 70-200 vr2 at my son's b-day party today and had a lot of trouble freezing the action shots. The party was at a gymnastics facility so the kids were flying all over the place. I wanted to get them in midair, but I missed almost 100%--they blurred. I want to try to get out of full auto (a) because it's time to actually learn how to do this stuff and ( I prefer to tell the camera where to focus. But I think I forgot to think about shutter speed and got a lot of blurred shots. The facility is huge and indoors, but well lit. However, I probably should have used some flash. I don't know. I still have lots to learn, but pretty disappointed in myself for not being able to get those shots. Any advice for future action shooting would be much appreciated. I'm definitely not a natural at this.

Can you guys recommend a decent monopod that won't break the bank?

So I've got the 70-200 vr2 and the 14-24 for the weekend. These are serious lenses. And not small. So far I love them both. I'll purchase a 70-200, just need to decide whether I want the vr2 or save some money on the older version and use the savings for a teleconverter because I'd like the extra reach.

Also consider keeping your eye on Amazon for the Image x10, which periodically goes on sale. iirc, you had them once before, right? You can sometimes get them for less than $100, which I think is a great deal.

That sucks Mike. Are you going to try UE again?

Simple, but elegant leather portfolio is probably best for that.

Yeah, the 50 seems pretty big. You might like the 40.