You can upgrade to a Nikon D7000 as it shoots 1080p @ 24fps if you want.

I have a Canon 7D and while it's really good at shooting video, the Canon 60D and Canon 5D Mark II do better (60D because of the screen and manual audio control with defeatable automatic gain control while 5D Mark II because of the sensor and defeatable automatic gain control).

Best thing is stabilization. How you do it is up to you. I use a combo of IS lenses with a tripod. I actually fold my tripod up and shoulder it like some sort of rocket launcher to shoot my video because I'm cheap. I highly recommend a fluid head tripod if you plan on setting the tripod on the ground though.

Next is color grading, which is explained quite nicely in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xTZtgApuDI
Pretty much the best way to to make your movie look like a film. You want to get the flattest colors and contrast to do color grading with so I think for your D300s, you go to your Picture Control settings and tweak the saturation and contrast to their minimum (or less if you don't want to do intense color grading).

Last is audio. Best way to do it is to use a separate recorder with a high quality mic attached to it and sync it in post. I don't know what to recommend for that though because I'm still new to audio.

Oh, don't be afraid to use in-camera noise reduction for high-iso shots. Nikons have really nice, clean noise.

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It's Keanu Reeves.

Wow, that's cool mcintyrej! But now I'm afraid my 50mm 1.8 will do the same eventually... I love that little lens.

The reaction of these guys is pure gold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... DCw38&feature=related

You almost had me fooled. Twice.

Well, the T2i is on its way (actually already being sold in some online stores). Its $800 without the lens though, so I doubt you want it/need it. With that though, the T1i should drop in price, so you may want to wait a little longer.

Surely, you want the T1i because of video right? If you don't need video, go for the XTi and save that money for a good lens.

Nothing huge... yet.

Resume the funnies!

Ah... memories.

Now to start saving more money for a decent lens.

...in a Subaru Impreza, 269 feet in the air and into a barge to celebrate the New Year. He beat Ken Block's 171 foot jump too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5N7R9Wbe_E

If I had known it would happen, I would've driven to Long Beach to see it.

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Take a deep breath..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWSxhEU8KUI.

I think I need my eyes checked now. Or go through a drug test.

Makes me wish that really expensive cars built to go fast would do the same.

I love it, no holding back despite the risk of destroying such a nice car.

D:

I'm not too sure what's wrong myself but you should try turning down mem clocks. I always found those to be extremely unstable and there are no real warning signs except lots of crashing under heavy load. Core clocks usually give you some warning like "snow" artifacts if you pushed it past the limit before crashing so it really can't be the core clock's fault, but I can be wrong.

According to the site, the card needs 289W max and it recommends 680W in your system. That all depends on what components you have though so you might want to take a few things off of the system's power to see what happens.

**** it, I'm going to Phuket.

No, it's a really good deal but it isn't a well made keyboard. For one, there is a good chunk of plastic missing on my keyboard. Also, the rubber coating on the keys is good, but there are some keys where it is really obvious that they didn't smooth it out or missed coating it.

My OCZ Alchemy Elixir keyboard has better and worse anti-ghosting than a standard keyboard. I can hold up to 6 keys in a row at the same time without a problem, and that's not bad. However, if I hold any more than that or even hold two arrow keys at the same time together, it begins typing an odd pattern of U's and W's instead of doing nothing or repeating the stroke before.

What bothered me most is the size of the keys. They are a tad smaller than the standard Dell keyboard I had, but the spacebar and right alt key are noticiably smaller compared to the Dell keyboard and I felt somewhat cramped for the first few hours of using it.

This keyboard strongly resembles a Razer Tarantula. If I had the money for a Tarantula, I would definately get one over this, despite the lower price. Otherwise, this keyboard is pretty good for 99 cents.

Pun-killer.

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Actually, some of the cars I've worked with had camber, toe, and even caster settings. I don't think you can adjust them to such an insane degree like in LFS, nor can you adjust them accurately unless you had alignment equipment present, so I guess it does make sense to limit them/make them non-adjustable.

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For a GT5 car, that looks really bad IMO. I'm sure it's just the lightning or something, but it looks bland and washed out compared to previous screens.

I don't mind the matte paint but the thing that bothers me most is the detail around the engine area. The metal doesn't look like metal to me.

But I guess they chose this car because of the amount of modeling detail. I like how well made the front lights and the front grill are. There is also a lot of detail in the engine area (not exactly texture-wise but there's a lot of parts in there).

It's a one time thing to give you a headstart.
More games will come out later.