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[pmcd9]

Yep.  Those are my photographs.  "Hobot" was taken, and I realised that "nohobot" was more clever anyway, since I am in Northampton, which is referred to as Noho by those in the know.

So you're not a Hobo *****, you're actually a Northampton *****?

~Paul

[Hobot]

I was going to retort, but I don't want this to turn into the PC-buying thread.  I probably shouldn't have responded in the first place.  Also, I obviously know nothing about photography, so there's another reason I should have neglected to reply.


*Slinks away*

[wombat]

For example, Manitoba gets its share of snow, so if you want to take a picture outside during a goodly chunk of the year you need to know how to adjust for the light meter leveling out the exposure due to all that bright ass white (and turning everything grey because of that).

My shiny blue camera has a button that says 'snow'.  And one that is for a party!

[pmcd9]

Ash, you big bully, you hurt Hobots feelings.

~Paul

[misterqueue]

I was going to retort, but I don't want this to turn into the PC-buying thread.  I probably shouldn't have responded in the first place.  Also, I obviously know nothing about photography, so there's another reason I should have neglected to reply.


*Slinks away*

It is okay hobot, you are a rad friend.


YOU. ARE. RAD.

[lprkn]

So if you press the "party" button, do you instantly get a party?

[CortJstr]

So if you press the "party" button, do you instantly get a party?

Lisa: Who's playing that music?
Marge: And where's all that liquor coming from?
Homer: It's a party, Marge. Doesn't have to make sense.

[AlohaDawg]

Uh, bullshit. There's lots of conditions where the pre-set modes just don't cut it unless you like shitty photos. For example, Manitoba gets its share of snow, so if you want to take a picture outside during a goodly chunk of the year you need to know how to adjust for the light meter leveling out the exposure due to all that bright ass white (and turning everything grey because of that). A similar condition for me out here would be over water in bright sunlight.

Short summary: You can use a digital the same as an old 135 Instamatic with about the same results, mostly good, easy and fun but limited. But at a pricepoint under $200 you can get into doing so fuck*ng much more it's ridiculous.

'Course, just 'cause you can doesn't mean you got any want to. Pointy Clicky works for the vast majority of the population.

I still like film.  Is that so wrong?

[AugustWest]

I still like film.  Is that so wrong?

No.  But may I ask why?

[AlohaDawg]

I guess because until recently, digital cameras that do all the stuff Ash was saying weren't really affordable. Once I can buy a true SLR digital with interchangeable lenses that looks and acts just like my Nikon F-5. I'll probably stop using film because the difference in the images will be reduced to a single point: how long I have to wait to see them.

Right now, those are still out of my price range.

[side_show]

See I took my film using camera with me to Toronto, and when ever someone else took a picture they were totally startled when it made the little whirring sound it makes when it automatically proceeds to the next frame.  And I got lots of comments like "Wow, old school!"  I actually hate taking photos of things, I really like to depend on my memory, rather than a photo.

[theinevitable]

Paul and Mel! Fight! fight! fight!

[pmcd9]

Paul and Mel! Fight! fight! fight!

No little The Inevitable we won't fight because we are both right and we both know it.  In Melanie's case she has a strong memory and the eloquence to bring her memories to life via the printed word.  I on the other hand have a suspect memory and I don't share Melanie's gift of writing.  So I use photos to tell my stories and preserve my memories.  One must play to their strengths.

~Paul

[theinevitable]

I am sorry.

I am sorry for saying that you should fight.

*hugs mel*

*hugs paul*

[Doc]

Indonesia is cool (Bali has been a popular holiday destination for australians for forever, though the popularity waned a bit after that nightclub got blown up).
My only advice is that if you plan on being  a drug mule and you get caught then don't get the press involved. Totally screws up your chance at bribing your way out of jail. A few aussies went down for it recently and the australian press was all over them so they all ended up doing life or at the wrong end of a shotgun deportation.