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I actually do own both the f2.8 IS L and the f4 IS L versions. I do drag the f4 version along when travelling, but strangely enough, I rarely use it either - I frequently switch to a 70-300 IS L, if expecting wildlife . Rumaging through LR and …

Me too, I liked the initial story line as a continuance of Reamde, but the dialogue and story line in the computer based after life pat is less than enthralling for me too - I am on page 633 of 888 on my Kindle version. I keep reading, hoping it …

I was quite impressed with the shallow DOF in your images, which is not typical in many images from most street shooters, who are shooting with more typical 28mm -> 50mm lenses. Your image of the 92 year old vet in uniform comes to mind, such a …

Joe Ducie or Roger Levy, the author?

Neal Stephenson's latest book, "Fall, or Dodge in Hell" was released on June 4. This is a chronicle of what happens after Richard - aka Dodge ( from "Reamde" ) dies and is interred in a web based computer, followed by a road trip of his …

Responding to @Chris In the meantime, @ptaylor898 posted also Wow, I love this thread and the images you both have posted, especially of the folks in uniforms of the time. It is interesting that you met German tourists attending as well. @Chris …

I've been busy lately, and the butterflies really haven't returned here in my garden yet - but I do have some frames from years past. I have really noticed a decrease in the number of butterfies we get here in west central Indiana - a decade ago …

There is even talk among the bobble heads on TV of 2 or 3 more cuts by years end. Does anyone, anymore, anywhere, think that cheap money leads to bad investments? Beyond Meat - BYND - was up another $35 today. Its going to the moon Alice! MMT - …

There is a lot of detail in the sets and make up that flies by pretty fast that is not obvious at the first viewing. I thought the make up of the radiated workers was superbly done, but the town and buildings seemed a bit drab at first. I didn’t …

I used to have a parking permit from the Umbrella Academy on my FJ Cruiser - Almost no one ever got the joke... The Trailer for "The Rook" looks spectacular with very sharp crisp HD scenes of modern London. Great video quality and lush scenery. I …

@Glenn_Smith says you can never have enough length and I generally agree. I even have an old Sigma 300-800 - no IS, but on a tripod not really a deal killer and it actually is pretty sharp. But the real downside is that it is heavy, not hand …

I watched it and greatly enjoyed it - so my spouse bought me "Midnight in Chernobyl" by Adam Higgenbotham. What an amazing and terrifying story - I couldn't put it down and read it all in just two days. His book offers far more detail of the …

A used lens can be a great way to save some money, IF you are able to return the lens if it is not satisfactory, or not performing properly. So, the answer really is, it depends. Buying a sight unseen lens, is an act of faith. It can be helpful if …

DIfferent strokes for different folks 🙂 - I have used the black screen white text on my iPad for reading hundreds of books over the years, whether in lighted or dimly lit rooms. When I am sunbathing, I do, sometimes, prefer a white screen with …

Here's one man's opinion - but it will bruise tender Apple lover's feelings I suspect. Hopefully, sarcastic humor is still not against the law Note - I am an Apple user, and have been for almost 20 years …

In 2007, I spent a weekend in Toronto at a Luminous Landscape workshop offered by Michael Reichman, featuring Jay Maisel as the main speaker. Before the workshop began, I was talking with Mr Reichman about his print sales in his gallery, and asked …

I can find 1600MHz DDR3L So dimms at macsales.com for 32 GB ( 4 8 GB sticks ) at $149.88. - I have used memory from OWC /macsales for years without any issues. https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/1600DDR3S32S/ Lexar used to offer a tower that …

Apparently this new Power Mac is getting all the 3.5mm headphone jack sockets that were removed from the iPhones................. I'm not making this up!! 😎 A 32 in 6K XDR nano-textured glass monitor that sounds very nice but a bit pricey at $6k …

Even strong environmentalists have little love for mosquitos..... But what happens if the mosquitos that survive the spider venom endowed fungus, begin to spread the venom to their own victims when they bite them? Clouds of spider venow endowed …

Ya think?? 🙀. Makes me think there is way too much free capital around looking for a higher rate of return. One wonders if investments like this would occur if interest rates were,say, 4-5%. ?? Just thinking about crowds of folks on the bikes …

And about 1,600 of those cases of malaria are in tourists returning to the USA, every year. That's the number I could verify on the WHO website, but somewhere I have in my head that it is about 70,000 tourists annually who are infected with malaria …

I do get that fibre to the home is the ideal situation, I would sign up in a heart beat - but in most ( most referring to geographic area, not population density ) of North America that is not likely to be available at anytime in the near future …

A slightly different issue is homeopathic drugs - and their presence in the modern …

I am using an iMacPro and I find it acceptable for LR with ~ 150,000 Raw or tiff files on an external Promise RAID array, and my catalogs and my back up catalog files on my SSD boot drive. I back up my SSD boot drive and my external array to …

I think mature 5G is supposed to reach 1 - 1.5 GB down ultimately. Looking forward to it! I am wondering what it will do to cable TV vendors, many of whom are quite used to having an absolute monopoly on broadband service.