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Re: Java Fundamentals for OS/400 Programmers

D. Lambert — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:09:20 -0000

Do you have an updated link for http://www.midrangecomputin...

Re: Cummins-Swapped Dodge Charger Loves To Roll Coal

D. Lambert — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:19:26 -0000

I'm a big fan of engine swaps, backyard engineering, and the like. I'm a big fan of clean diesels, too -- I love these cars for their high-mileage applications. But pouring unburned fuel straight into the air just to make a smoke screen? Not so much. Celebrate diesel for doing what it does well, and leave the smoke in the past where it belongs.

Re: Don’t Get Fooled Again

D. Lambert — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:40:30 -0000

FYI, if you're in the market for Canon stuff, this page is worth watching all year 'round: https://www.canonpricewatch...

Re: Rinnai’s new RH180 Water Heater VS “Standard” Rheem 50 Gallon Gas WH

D. Lambert — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 09:57:19 -0000

Updates? I just saw one of these on clearance at Lowes for a grand -- trying to figure out if it's a viable replacement for a conventional 50-gal unit.

Re: When Is A Divebomb A "Racing Incident"?

D. Lambert — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:42:09 -0000

Thanks for the breakdown. Watching it live, I sure didn't parse all of that all at once. My initial thoughts were that it was really, really aggressive, but once Taylor stuck his nose in there, he did a great job holding his line. I think his case would've been pretty weak if he'd locked up and pushed into Albuquerque, but he didn't (ahem, Gordon). The move *looked* like Albuquerque turning down on Taylor once he was beside him, even if Albuquerque was committed to a line already. I trust the IMSA stewards were able to draw on a lot of racing experience to make their decision, and I glad it wasn't me making the call.

Re: Instagram Will Now Support Landscape and Portrait Format Photos

D. Lambert — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:05:59 -0000

I'm sure this is probably old news at this point, but I just figured out something about this new "feature" when I tried to add a photo taken with my phone. *Those* photos seem to work just find, but other photos (ie, in my Dropbox folder) don't ever show the icon to zoom out to a non-square format.

I've never quite gotten how to get all my "real" photos into Instagram, and this seems to uphold that experience. I'm sorry -- I wish I could take Instagram seriously as a photo sharing site, but until there's a way to publish directly out of Lightroom, it's hard to see it as anything other than a novelty.

Re: Instagram Will Now Support Landscape and Portrait Format Photos

D. Lambert — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:46:21 -0000

I'd love for this to work, but I just tried it (after updating Instagram), and there's no option to format as landscape. Too bad... I'm really tired of cut-off photos.

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D. Lambert — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:14:42 -0000

Very cool tool - great job. I had to use the converter on my cat, but it loaded 120,000+ photos just fine. I'd love to see some sort of query interface w/ this data so I could do adhoc work with it -- ex: for the shoot on day [x], I want to know the % of 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, etc. for each of the two lenses I used.... stuff like that.

Re: We’re Giving Away a $1,500 Gift Card to B&H

D. Lambert — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:18:35 -0000

Canon 70-200 f/2.8 II -- I'll cover the balance. ;-)

Re: We’re Giving Away a $1,000 Gift Card to B&H Photo Video

D. Lambert — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:23:09 -0000

I've rented Tamron's excellent 24-70 f/2.8 in the past and loved it, so I think that would be high on my list.

Re: It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

D. Lambert — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:51:06 -0000

I'd love to join you in Columbus!

Re: It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

D. Lambert — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:02:10 -0000

I'd love to see you in Columbus!

Re: Giveaway: Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Worth $3,000

D. Lambert — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:55:07 -0000

Last, but not least - LowePro.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Worth $3,000

D. Lambert — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:54:55 -0000

Fourth - Manfrotto.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Worth $3,000

D. Lambert — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:54:47 -0000

Third - Tamron.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Worth $3,000

D. Lambert — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:54:37 -0000

Second? Sigma.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Worth $3,000

D. Lambert — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:54:10 -0000

Ooh, good five brands. First has to be Canon.

Re: It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

D. Lambert — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:34:59 -0000

Columbus for me, please!

Re: Win One of Three Lenses from Tamron!

D. Lambert — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:14:13 -0000

The 16-300 would be a great addition for me as the ultimate all-in-one lens. I usually don't mind hauling around multiple lenses -- I'm completely familiar with the tradeoffs necessary to make a huge zoom range like the 16-300 work, and frankly, if I can employ a dedicated prime, macro, telephoto -- what have you, I appreciate the results those lenses can produce (Tamron's 24-70 f/2.8, btw, is a great example -- marvelous IQ, but it's a lot of glass for a fraction of the zoom range).

There are times, though, when the all-in-one is really the right solution. A couple years ago, for instance, I brought my Canon 40D on a 10-day hiking trip. In order to cover the zoom range I wanted, I carried a 15-85 and a 70-300, which wound up being a lot more weight than a single-lens solution like the 16-300. Along the same lines, I've got a standing joke when I'm hiking that I can make a deer appear instantly just by swapping my tele lens for a wide-angle lens, so the versatility to cover all that range without swapping can be priceless at times, too.

Finally, I inevitably find that many of the shooting situations that cause me to want to swap lenses most frequently tend also to be those where I'd probably rather not swap lenses at the risk of introducing dust to my camera. In addition to hiking, I've found that at other outdoor activities like airshows or races, I frequently need to switch from wide to tele or vice-versa very quickly, and the remarkable range of the 16-300 might be the only lens on the market to really cover all that ground in a single mount.

The variable aperture 16-300 isn't the fastest lens around on the tele end, of course, which is one of the inevitable tradeoffs of this design, but Tamron's excellent VC would help quite a bit (again, I'm assuming the VC performance is comparable to the 24-70, which I loved). Since most of my use cases for this lens are daytime outdoor events, I think the 6.3 maximum aperture on the long end of the lens would be very manageable, and a small concession to be able to carry that kind of zoom range in a single lens.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Canon 7D Mark II and a 18-135mm Lens

D. Lambert — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:31:44 -0000

And I'll toss Scott Bourne in as #3.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Canon 7D Mark II and a 18-135mm Lens

D. Lambert — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:30:52 -0000

Ok, I'm already a fan on FB, so photog #2 has to be Joe McNally.

Re: Giveaway: Win a Canon 7D Mark II and a 18-135mm Lens

D. Lambert — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:29:21 -0000

Just one? I might go with Moose Peterson, too.

Re: Pixel Mago review, part 2

D. Lambert — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:59:41 -0000

Yes, I've tried it with the YN622C, and my experience is the same as (I believe) other testers -- TTL seems to work fine, but there's no Manual control of the Mago via the YN622C's. I'll be watching for updated firmware from Pixel, and if anything changes in this respect, I'll post an update.

Re: Canon Announces the EOS 7D Mark II â” Sports and Wildlife Photographers Hold on to Your Hats (ya know, if we actually wore hats)

D. Lambert — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:22:29 -0000

Thanks, Scott. I've been really happy with the 7D's AF, so if they've improved on that, I'm impressed. I was also really impressed with the improved Auto-ISO functionality -- it sounds a whole lot more like what I've wanted all along (upper / lower limits plus min shutter speed -- killer!). If you want to have Canon send me one for testing, BTW, I'd be more than happy to take it to the track! ;-)

Re: Canon Announces the EOS 7D Mark II â” Sports and Wildlife Photographers Hold on to Your Hats (ya know, if we actually wore hats)

D. Lambert — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:28:16 -0000

I'm really interested to see if the metering improvements help with motorsports. I've shot cars separated by seconds on-track with my 7D, and the metering was different depending on the color of the car -- not good at all. I understand the new metering sensor is supposed to help with that -- I'm really interested to see some real-world examples to back it up, though.