c12mech

The weather was perfect here today, except for when I planned to ride. Then it just shit-stormed for about an hour or more. No ride today but I plan to be up in the morning and back on the bike. Feeling better today than I have in a while.

Those are just FUGLY!!! They would have to sound damn good for me to even consider them.

Has there been any progress on this? After the T2, I'm hoping this will be my next big project.

While on vacation I went to opening night for the Atlanta Symphony. They had violinist Midori as a special guest. She performed Beethoven's Violin Concerto and was amazing to watch. The second half of the show was Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. They did an outstanding performance. It was the first time my wife had been to a symphony show and she loved it. She could not keep her eyes of Midori during her performance. Best live show I have seen in years.

If you were talking about my photo you would be right. I used a Canon T3i with a 24-105L lens. I rented the lens for the trip and will be buying one sometime later this year. I took a lot of pictures on this trip. I am still learning to use all the camera settings. I would take the same shot over and over using different settings just to see what they did. By the end I had gotten to where I could use the full manual mode as long as I had plenty of time to take the shot. I want to get good enough to justify buying a 5d in a year or so.

499+11=510 We will hit 11 years on the 27th of this month. We met online and neither of of wanted anything serious just someone to hang out with. One and a half years later we were married. It has had its ups and downs but we are always there for each other. She is my best friend and I could not ask for a better one. We get each others twisted sense of humor and almost always laugh at the exact same time when something is funny. We have even made the exact same comment at the exact same time about things. Our friends say it is sickening to see us together because we act like a couple of high school kids in love. That is the way I always want it to be.

It is about an hour west of Asheville, NC. It's one of those places that requires a 4-wheel drive to get too. This is the same view without the clouds. 20121006-IMG_1061 by c12mech, on Flickr

This was the view this morning from the cabin my wife and I are renting for the last weekend of our vacation. 20121006-IMG_1037 by c12mech, on Flickr

I rented a Canon 24-105 f4L lens for my vacation to try it out. I had it yesterday at my brothers house and since it was raining I just shot inside mostly. I must say I do not think that any of the pictures were bad. I was just shooting candid shots of him and his wife and kids and almost every shot looked great even with no post work at all. I may have to save up and buy one of these lenses now. I will be in the mountains next week and plan a visit to Biltmore Estate. Hoping to get some good architectural shots of the house and gardens.

I too am a new Lightroom convert. I downloaded the trial a couple of nights ago and am still figuring it out but it has made a big difference in my pictures. Between that and the tripod and head I bought it's like a whole new person taking the pictures.

Wish I could help but I just started trying to figure out the editing process. I did get a new Manfrotto tripod and Gitzo head at a Ritz camera that is going out of business. I got both for less than the cost of the head by itself. Seemed like a good deal to me.

This is not the greatest picture but I still really like it. This is a C5 on the taxiway coming in to GTMO. Anytime these land here I try to get pictures. They can barely turn on and off the runway and are just fun to watch land. IMG_0143 by c12mech, on Flickr

Taken at Ferry Landing beach in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. IMG_0261 by c12mech, on Flickr

Just after sunset in Guantanamo Bay. These are two of the best shots I've taken. I'm still learning to use my DSLR and trying to change settings quickly. For these everything was set to auto.

Either Cycle Life or City Bikes. Depends on where has what I'm looking for. Back to cameras, is everyone now going to the mirror-less frame bodies? When I bought my T3i I was also looking at the Nikon1. I liked the Cannon better out of the two.

Thanks guys. I will check the places I can. I'm not sure that Jeff would want me knocking on his door since I do not know him. Between renewing my passport and trying to get fitted for a new bike DC will be busy.

Can anyone suggest a good camera shop in the DC or Atlanta area? I'm going to be on vacation in both places in the coming weeks and would like to try out a couple of different lenses, macro and tele, before I commit to buying. I would like to be able to put the lens on the camera and see if I like the way it works before I buy. I'm still trying to learn all the lens lingo so am really unsure what I am looking at online. I've got a Canon T3i if it matters.

That's good to know. Now if I only had a use for them. Has anyone verified that the 3675 from Futurlec are real. They seem to have the best pricing on them right now and I need a bunch of them for the T2.

With all that is being said about Dalbani I think I will just pay the higher prices from bdent. I am going to order all the hard to get parts before they disappear. Then I can get all the easy to get parts as I have the time to work on it.

Done. Not a lot but I'm sure every little bit helps.

Thanks Todd!!! I did not realize how much time I wasted at on here. I was actually productive at work today thanks to the outage. I'll also second a donate button to help keep things going here.

Thanks for that info Justin. I guess I should go ahead and get those parts if nothing else for my T2 build.

My boards showed up today. These things are freaking huge. I like it!!!! I opened the package at my wife's office and her first comment was "That looks like it is going to cost a lot to put all the parts on it." My reply was "Yes, it will." I already told her I want some 009's for my birthday(40th) next year. I may have it done by then. I plan to buy the parts for this in small doses. That way I don't see what I really spend on it.

Justin, I would imagine that my only needing 8 of the 2sk216 and 4 of 2 sj79 would not be very practical on your end unless you have another use for them or could sell them on your site. I'm always looking for a better price for these things but there seems to be nothing cheap about this amp which is fine with me. Next up is coming up with a suitable enclosure that looks really good. I would love to have gotten one of the originals that KG did but that's not going to happen.

Thanks for the help Deepak. I would also like to know if the 3675 parts from futurlec were ever confirmed to be real.