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The Black Rapid is fantastic. I have a few but the one with the big storage strap on/shoulder pad is my favorite. Do not remember which number that is.

Yeah I definitely did not feel like this show was one worth traveling to. I thought some of the rooms were okay but the rooms were pretty bad. This is the 175k per pair monoblocks that I listened to first. Terrible room in that a column was in the sweet spot so you had to be to the side and the huge Wharfdales were so close that it was a useless experience for me. In action Legacy. Not terrible, but did not do much for me. Orion. MBL. Finally a MBL room that was not blasting techno. I liked these better than a lot of the stuff there.

It is actually HR 1 to 1. Supposedly exact one to one copies of studio masters at 192/24. The Chesky brother with the long hair told me they are as good as it gets. Also got several MA recording DVD-r masters that Jack Woo convinced me to buy and all of the UDC Series 32/192 collector series. Yet another copy of Brothers in Arms.

I think I have been to all the rooms. Not the best show for amenities or navigation but there some okay rooms and great deals on media. Best rooms for me were TAD and Orion. Nightingale could have been good but some Dbag producer was in there making everyone listen to his album. Music was pretty good but he would not shut the fuck up. Got all the Hdtracks HDR 1 to 1 discs for half price so it was worth the trip.

I should be rolling in first thing in the morning hoping to get some listening time before the masses arrive. I have seen a few music vendors on there but I am hoping the big guys, Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct, etc. bring the big sales floors they use to bring to the Stereophile show.

Mike, have you dumped the big Doxa yet?

Did that girl know you were looking in her window? I like it Brent, maybe a different angle where the smoke came up in front of her face into the light would have made it even better.

I am going to try to make it out there as I need to audition some new preamp/amps.

Great looking watch Mike.

Hit the weekend specials at the Buy Rite.

I call dibs when you sell it next week Mike.

Yeah, I am sure they can both be used to do more than most photographers could ever get from them. I was just going off of Shutterbug and Popular Photography mags that come to my iPad as I have no experience with either.

Manual setting, adjusting aperture according to light conditions. Servo Autofocus of the 5D mkII as I never took the time to figure out the 1D mkIV before heading out the races so it stayed in the truck.

Thanks Gene, they were all handheld.

Pics from the Rolex Grand Am Cup from Monday. I actually have posted the extent of the pictures on a link at the Rolex Grand Am Cup FB Page and have sold over 100 of the shots to fans and even a few drivers whose names I recognize. Actually more than covered my expenses when I was really there to watch the race more than shoot pictures so that worked out pretty well. Goofy Celeb Pic

I think some of the more important factors in choosing a camera cannot be determined without actually getting out to a store and experiencing the bodies in-hand. Once you have decided if you prefer one make's bodies over the other in form factor, control placement and choice of controls then there is really not a significant difference in the end result with the bodies you have listed if you are simply looking to get out and take pictures. I am not sure about the 18-135IS but the 60D has beaten out the D7000 in every write-up and yearly contest I have seen so far and you state you prefer samples from the Canon camp so I certainly would not lean towards Nikon simply because you have an old lens lying around. Out of the ones you have listed I would definitely choose the D700 as it is a much better camera than the others and I have no aversion to spending money. Of the others, the D300s seems to be very popular amongst the pro-sumerish market but I have never actually used one so I cannot comment. Everything else I am just going by all the reviews and the Camera of the year competitions that seem to be going to the 60D over the D7000s in saying I would choose one over the other as I have only used both a few times and mostly remember not liking button placement of the D7000. Oh, for clarity, I am definitely not one of the crew that regards Nikon about Canon here and I am not sure I would even agree with it after spending a lot of time in this thread.

It has been a long time since I have been to a Crawfish Boil. Enjoy.

Yeah it is. A lot more pictures in the HC Photo Thread.

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