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  Bbbbbbuuuuuuttttt....the powder WAS black.

Well I could. But I have the 50mm 1.4 that I am keeping as well as the 430 EX II external flash. I like Canon so I figure I will just stay with them unless someone can prove to me that it would be beneficial to switch to Nixon.

  I may look into it. Upgrading to the 6D or better? Something I really want to research is whether the "bottom of the line full-frame" is worth it? I'm assuming yes, but that's a lot of money to spend. I just hope quality is there.

  1D $6,799 5D $3,099 6D $1,799   I think that's a good place to start.

  What he is really trying to say is that someone driving a maroon Chevy truck with a TGO on the back window made him very irrate and now he is trying to figure out who it was.   :waiting:

Ok, so after the weekend I decided to try this. I'm throwing both my 18-55 and 55-250 IS II lenses on Ebay and for sale here. If they sell I will be applying that money towards my vehicle payoff. Once the vehicle gets paid off I will be buying a 6D or comparable.   It is in the classifieds section here.   Now, is the 6D what I should be looking at? I'm wanting full-frame. Price is obviously the limiting factor but I want to stay Canon and want full-frame.

That is probably true in this case, but how often are views forced/extracted from "stars" by the media?

Well I read that he didn't and isn't. http://www.inquisitr.com/1757251/liam-neeson-muslim-taken-4-star-shoots-down-islam-rumors/ And yeah... He is a hypocrite, but isn't that what actors are? They get paid to make believe. Truthfully speaking, if every actor made known everything they stood for or believed you would have a very tiny list of "approved" actors. Like probably 3.

  That's the one downside to the 50mm 1.4 that I've read....but thankfully not yet experienced. Supposedly the 50mm 1.4 has a "delicate" AF system. I try to take care of my stuff but I also want a fairly expensive item to be quite well built.

Nikon? This is the Canon thread! :squint: Thanks for the website! I'll take a look. I've thought about after market lenses before but honestely never bought one. If I'm getting a macro I think I will get 100mm. If I get a 100mm macro, I may as well spend the extra few bills and go L. Whoa! How's that T3i holding up for you? So you are saying it's a pretty great lens but even at $300 isn't a "steal" seeing as how it is a kit lens for some of the higher end cameras or can be had in a "bundle" from Amazon/etc for ~$200 or so? Do you feel it would be a great "alternate" lens compared to having the kit 18-55 and 55-250 that I own? Would it be worth selling them and buying the 28-135 and pulling $50 or $100 out of pocket to go with it or just keep what I have for now? Well...if you want an 18-55 IS II, I know where you can find one:) I speak very highly of the 50mm 1.4. Although, the 50mm 1.8 is a great lens even though it doesn't go as wide. I believe optically it may actually take better photos in certain scenarios. But I bought the 50mm 1.4 at $300 and it is by far my favorite lens as of now. I had the 50mm 1.8 but didn't like it as much.

So, in a nutshell, I have a Canon T3i with the following lenses: 18-55mm IS II EF-S (Kit lens) 55-250mm IS II EF-S 50mm 1.4 USM EF  (My favorite lens so far) Now, last night I ordered th 28-135mm USM because it is $299 on Amazon and typically is $479-$500. My plan was to sell the 18-55mm and 55-250mm lenses that I already own, consolodating to what I would probably "use the most" from both of them. However, I canceled that order and removed the items from here and Ebay that were for sale. I am awfully tempted, mainly because buying and opening a brand new lens has a certain "awwweeee yes!" factor to it. Now, the 28-135 USM has manual override, metal mount, and a USM, all of which are nice to have. It is also "EF" instead of "EF-S" (you can use EF mounts on full-frame cameras). Now, overall I would like to only own "EF" lenses because I do want to someday get a 6d or comparible.   But I canceled the order because honestly I hadn't done as much research as I usually do (I spent weeks researching the 50mm 1.4 before I decided to buy it.   Now, Ken Rockwell rates this lens as a great lens, but the review is a bit dated (although it is the same lens).   So, just wanted any availible input on here as to whether I should jump on that lens at $299 and try to get $250 or so out of my other two lenses. One thing I am noticing is that I like prime lenses and would really like a macro lens. That being said...I'd also like an "L" lens. ;   If I were to buy the 28-135, it would be for "consolodation" of the two lenses I would sell, as well as future proofing to the "EF" mount. I guess the make or break deal would purely be glass quality compared to the 18-55 and 55-250 at the comparible focal lengths. I read something that suggested the two lenses mentioned are typically sharper at the same focal length than the 28-135. But you can read anything on the internet!

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/01/14/westport-car-dealership-messes-with-pizza-delivery-guy-feels-internet-wrath/zXO7rV6jreriD63xG0bj5L/story.html   So for those that haven't seen, I thought this might entertain/frustrate you this evening while it (possibly) snows. It is here!   So the video in the above article will frustrate you, but...these reviews will make you laugh:   http://www.yelp.com/biz/f-and-r-auto-sales-westport?start=40   AND   http://www.yelp.com/biz/palace-pizza-and-more-north-dartmouth

This article seems to be a mix of a two year old article and an "updated" article making references to Taken 3.

Yes.   It is just north of southern Atlanta:)

  Been a rumor for years. Whether it be the primer or the powder, it is physically possible but could you imagine the uproar? I just don't think this will happen. Not unless somehow forced through unexpectedly for "environmental reasons". 

      As far as I know, the "highest quality" digital media stream is from VUDU. It is 4.5Mbps. Netlfix may have some titles that go above 4.5Mbps, but I have not researched it. Your issue is probably that while uploading your downloading bandwidth is affected. If a lot of those wireless devices have poor signal, that could be an issue too. In that case you should throw up another access point or two.    I consider myself very tech savvy and can "make do" plentifully at 30Mbps. Now, if in  your "downloading" you are maximizing your connection, then yes of course things can "slow down'. In my opinion, take the total number (15 devices), divide by 2, and then divide 105Mbps by that number. 105/7.5=14. Via your router, if possible, throttle the down speed to 14Mbps per device. You divided by 2 because how likely is it that you use all those at once?    If at 14Mbps throttle per device you feel things are "speedy", bump it up to 15Mbps and keep going until it starts to get "slow". This is a week or month long process here. The point is to reserve enough bandwidth down per device so computers and the like are not hogging nearly all of the 105Mbps for themselves.

So, been using stock unrooted Lollipop for a while. I ended up "de-rooting" last week because I personally didn't have much reason for root currently. Years ago I would have, but it's amazing how far Android has come in the past few years.   Bought me a few "OTG" cables. They haven't got here yet but I look forward to experimenting with how well that stuff works with accessories. Loving the phone. Selling my Apple TV 3 because I haven't used it in weeks and as soon as my new wireless router gets here, I will be selling my Airport Extreme. Truthfully the Airport Extreme is an amazing router but a little hard (impossible) to manage from an Android phone. With the TP-LINK I purchased I will be flashing DD-WRT to it and will be able to very easily manage it from my Android phone.    WooHoo!

By the way, my wife and I have not had "cable/satellite" since we've got married and moved in together 2.5 years ago. We use Hulu/Netflix/Amazon Prime. We typically will use Hulu and Netflix sporadically. Get Netflix for a month, cancel it, wait a few months, get it again. You can typically watch all the "good things" in that amount of time and then wait for more things to be added.   Then, rent or buy anything that you cannot find somewhere else. I think, compared to paying for service, you'd find you might enjoy only purchasing/renting the things you want to watch. 

I'm selling an Apple TV 3 in the classifieds here for $60 shipped. It was a great device but no longer fills my requirements as I am moving away from Apple. It is just a personal preference thing. I like the hackability/customization that I can have with Android.   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/84738-keurig-b200-apple-tv-3/   In terms of usability, Apple TV 3 is great.

Ok, so I ended up rooting today. Was so easy I almost accidentally did it!   On a Nexus 5 running Lollipop, if you have already unlocked your bootloader, all you must do is:Flash TWRPFlash SuperSU >=2.30That's it! Afterwards you can update SuperSU if needed from the Play Store.    On Lollipop you will lose OTA updates. But there are methods for unrooting and flashing the stock recovery so that you can update, then re-root.

Well, Magpul, and Qi compatibility, are two things that made me go Nexus 5 instead of Moto X.

Well the Stock Lollipop is amazing. I had to order the Magpul case from them directly. The price was great but they add shipping. I admit that I buy my phones based on whether I can get a Magpul case for it. Be careful where you buy the case from because some ship from China. It is a USA made case so you know what it means when it ships from China. I may wait around and see how the custom roms for Lollipop develop.

So, this Christmas the Android Santa Claus brought me something special! For the backstory, read this.   32GB Black Nexus 5 Magpul Nexus 5 Field Case (Black) Tech Armour Ballistic Glass Ting Nexus 5 SIM (for Sprint MVNO Ting) PowerBot Qi Charger   So far I'm loving the Lollipop Android experience. Already done some pretty cool things with Tasker. Loving the Qi Charger, it's a bit slower but is great for charging on the nightstand at night. You no longer have to worry about finding a cable, plugging it in the right way, etc.   I used to root all of my Android devices but this one is the first I've contemplated on doing so. I used to use CyanogenMod and am tempted to do so again.However, Lollipop is amazing and the idea of OTA updates is appealing.   Yet when using a custom ROM, even if the ROM itself is supposedly built for "security and privacy" in mind, you find yourself having to trust the authors of the ROM. Now, CyanogenMod has a huge following and I believe most if not all of the source is open.    I might just "do it" to get it over with but wanted some Android users' thoughts. I'm very tech savvy so the process of doing any of this is not the issue, it is whether or not I want to.  

Wow.Some of this stuff is really neat.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPVATwyUTz0   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrWzGWqOZK8

Saw this video this morning and thought that I would pass it along. Very neat!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFEY--Gp1D8&feature=player_detailpage