If you read my views on man-mad global warming you will know that I'm not a blind follower of science. But to reject the science that we do have, of which there is an abundance of evidence even if differences of interpretation and methods exist, all in favour of creationism? PuhLEEEZE! 
I've closed the thread. I don't think it's healthy to allow it to keep running, since so many people are hoping so much for a new patch.
It's very important that you ONLY get patches from the OFFICIAL TEST PATCH THREAD.
Downloading files from other people is a very dangerous thing to do, and could compromise your computer's security or even (god forbid!!) your LFS licence. Don't do it.
It's very important that you ONLY get patches from the OFFICIAL TEST PATCH THREAD.
Downloading files from other people is a very dangerous thing to do, and could compromise your computer's security or even (god forbid!!) your LFS licence. Don't do it.
LOL! All the yanks I know have a laugh at that!
"Pen" is an old cumbric word, meaning "hill", so Pen-Y-Stan (as it was a long time ago) would literally have meant "Stone Hill".
There's your etymology lesson for today
@ Highsider, I think I'm gonna invest in a filter. Good time of the year to play with this
You're really peaking my curiosity about IR photography. I don't have a tripod at the moment, and I need an expensive and sturdy one because my camera's so heavy. How long is a typical exposure?
hehe! I should put a disclaimer on my photos.. "caution: may cause neck injury and/or aneurysms"
I received my new lens today and have been giving it a quick test. It's so nice to be able to take a wide-angle photo at last! I was expecting to lose control of the depth of field at 18mm but it's actually still there! I'm happyyy!
Nice signature, James
Regarding the longer lens, it doesn't look like there are many options at the moment. You really need something AF-S, so it's quick at focusing. All I can say with any certainty is DO NOT BUY THE 70-300mm G. If you're going for that lens, make sure it has ED glass in there. I had the lens without ED and it was absolutely bloody awful. I finished up giving it away.. I couldn't even sell it in good conscience.
And don't buy anything like that 650-1300, for god's sake. You'll hate it with a passion, and never get anything with either contrast or even colour out of it.
Just to add to what Bob said, if I'm sure that someone knows that what they're doing is against the rules, I won't hesitate in banning them from the forum for posting an illegal mod. Posting screenshots of modded content, knowingly, will also earn a temporary ban. It's up to Bob if he wants to be more lenient but I'm not interested in entering into any kind of dancing around the rules, pushing boundaries etc. I don't have time for that and if someone isn't going to respect the devs' wishes, I'm not pulling punches.
I'll be there mate! And not necessarily because I'm the one about to kill you, either!
Tell it like it is!
Deep down inside, there really is a community here that cares about each other. You just have to dig a bit to find that out, sometimes Bring it on! I'm a big fan of consumer reviews based on first-hand experience. I'm also going to be looking for a camera to stick in my pocket and use around friends etc - my DSLR sucks for that, as I mentioned before. I think a decent point-and-shoot is one of the best add-ons you can get for a DSLR.
Okay, the bible pitches the creation of heaven and earth at being about 4000 years ago. Bones don't become fossils until they've been in the ground significantly longer than the bible says anything's been around.
Rather than 4000 years covered by the bible, science evidences that the universe has been around about 13.7 billion years. That's a lot longer, by the way. Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. The ice age ended approximately 10,000 years ago. Mount Ararat is NOT EVEN REMOTELY the highest point on earth and would NOT have been the first bit of earth to resurface after the waters receded. It would take more than 40 days and 40 nights of rain to cover the earth with water, besides which there is not enough water on the earth to do it.
The bible's a nice idea. Well, the new testament anyway. God, in the old testament, was quite something of an arrogant twat that always wanted worshipping. Signs of insecurity and narcissism in ones god aren't good.
If you want to really get to the bottom of whether you can believe in god and the bible stories, just apply a bit of rational thought. If you value reason above blind faith, the bible is not for you.
It looks like the 6000 should be good enough, honestly. It has a 10mpix sensor compared with the 8000's 12mpix, but unless you're going to be blowing images up to wall poster size you won't notice any difference - certainly not if you're only going to facebook or flickr your pics to share with others. The 6000 has some extra goodies in face detection over the 8000. So it really comes down to the ability to swim to 10ft, which is as deep as I would usually go, or 25ft which is definitely beyond swimming pool depths and will make your ears hurt a LOT. And you can drop the 8000 from 2 metres compared with 1.5 metres with the 6000. My recommendation is to avoid dropping your camera at all
Go with the 6000. It's not going to let you down, and probably will surprise you
Great shots, Migz. Looks like you have the same problem as I have, getting the camera level
I've been getting up at silly hours to get photos too!
I've been getting up at silly hours to get photos too!
I must admit I have a lot of respect for Ken's opinion. I've generally agreed with his observations in the past, when he's examined the kit I've owned - even if I was initially reluctant to take his comments on board. Plus he gets extra kudos for his scathing review of the Nikon D3x. He really tore a strip off Nikon for that camera, its feature-set and its price point and he was absolutely right. I've read his review of the lens I've bought and he's given me some good pointers.
I never heard of this camera before, so I went to look it up. It sounds excellent as an all-purpose camera. Good features and the images it turns out look excellent, with very good colours indeed.
Point-and-shoot cameras are a million times better for capturing the moment in social groups than DSLR cameras. They're inconspicuous and you can avoid the awful "heads together, say cheese" snapshot scenario that you get when you pull out a big camera. Not to mention, you don't look like a complete knob with a point-and-shoot. It sounds like it'll take quite a beating and the underwater feature is wicked. If I had extra cash, I think I'd go for this camera to stick in my pocket. Glad you mentioned it, Oli
I paid £167 for the lens. I could have entered a bidding war and possibly got it cheaper, but I'm sooo impatient. The only way I can spend money is to do it quickly - before I change my mind. Old habits.
A few Ebayers are shipping from the US at the moment. There's no embargoes or anything to prevent them, AFAIK. New York has always been the main focus of photography equipment in the US, for some reason I've no real idea why. Start off at Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/) and work out from there, I reckon.
A few Ebayers are shipping from the US at the moment. There's no embargoes or anything to prevent them, AFAIK. New York has always been the main focus of photography equipment in the US, for some reason I've no real idea why. Start off at Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/) and work out from there, I reckon.
Ken Rockwell's not so keen on the lens, by the sounds of things. Maybe I was a bit hasty with the Buy It Now option
I really wanted to cut down on the amount of lens swapping that I do, and until now the widest lens I had was a 24-50mm. That's like a 35-75mm, which is about as useful/fit for purpose as a bottle of Volvic fighting a house fire. 27-160mm-ish covers pretty much everything I think I'll use day to day, and the VR is certainly appealing too.
Uhoh! I did?
btw Canon lenses don't fit on Nikons.. if that's why
btw Canon lenses don't fit on Nikons.. if that's why
I just bought a 18-105mm AF-S ED VR Nikon lens. Someone please tell me I didn't goof.
Religious belief is faith in something that you can't prove. Those who believe without proof that god doesn't exist are often as religiously adamant as those that believe he does.
I'm an agnostic. I believe the question is unanswerable, the answer is un-knowable, the knowledge is unachievable.
What I do think is entertaining, in a kind of slow-motion car crash kind of way, is the re-emergence of the Sun God in the global warming debate. Every religion starts out as science, superseding the religions of the day with new and better explanations.. and this is happening all over again with man-made global warming science/religion.
People think they're so enlightened and can see through all the religions, but the truth is that they just fall out of one religion and into the next one they feel they can place their faith in.
It doesn't matter if it's Rune Stones or weather satellites, Stone Henge or melting ice caps, global warming scientists are using utterly fallible scientific methods to draw protracted conclusions, as if they were witch doctors predicting whole worldly futures based on infinitesimal shards of so-called scientific proof.. and stating with great authority that Mother Earth is angry at us, and will punish us unless we pay Carbon Emission taxes and Methane Taxes.
Bollocks to religions. All of 'em.
I'm an agnostic. I believe the question is unanswerable, the answer is un-knowable, the knowledge is unachievable.
What I do think is entertaining, in a kind of slow-motion car crash kind of way, is the re-emergence of the Sun God in the global warming debate. Every religion starts out as science, superseding the religions of the day with new and better explanations.. and this is happening all over again with man-made global warming science/religion.
People think they're so enlightened and can see through all the religions, but the truth is that they just fall out of one religion and into the next one they feel they can place their faith in.
It doesn't matter if it's Rune Stones or weather satellites, Stone Henge or melting ice caps, global warming scientists are using utterly fallible scientific methods to draw protracted conclusions, as if they were witch doctors predicting whole worldly futures based on infinitesimal shards of so-called scientific proof.. and stating with great authority that Mother Earth is angry at us, and will punish us unless we pay Carbon Emission taxes and Methane Taxes.
Bollocks to religions. All of 'em.
I desperately need a new machine. I started off the line with 6fps but beginning lap 2, I dropped to about 1fps, clipped the wall and wrote at least myself off, possibly someone else I'm not sure. Stunning rollmeister though. Jack would be proud.
Apologies to anyone I may have clubbed in the process of trashing myself. I gotta get a h/ware boost from somewhere, urgently.
Apologies to anyone I may have clubbed in the process of trashing myself. I gotta get a h/ware boost from somewhere, urgently.
You should be able to buy a remote release with a lock, James. Mine cost about £3
Revised UKCT skins for James (03) and me (55)
The one with the boats on the lake is deliberate, but the others were (IIRC) just treated to the NeatImage noise reduction application. More than contributing anything, NeatImage seems to help with filesize reduction
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