The thing is, I've been talking with people here in New Orleans, and with all the tax breaks here, it is like Hollywood south....if I can get a body and even 1-2 decent lenses, I have people that can get me workingw with them immediately mostly for video work, and I can share their lenses with them....but lots of stuff to do here for $$ with multi-cameras....
That's one of the main reasons I'm on the plan I am.
If I can make some $$ to pay towards the camera (which I'll likely get on amazon for 1yr interest free), I can then start picking up good glass too.
I want to shoot good still to...so, this would be a good investment for me.
But right off to bat, I have opportunities for shooting HD video for production down here....
I bought a player years back (before Katrina)...I just got it outta storage...still mostly works....but I never seen SACDs for sale at the store, or versions of them when I search for tunes on amazon...?
No heat control means you have a poor appliance. A modern induction stove gives you perfect control. Much better than any gas stove; even commercial ones, and way better than conventional resistance heat electrics.
I hear this argument.....I'll believe it when I see PRO kitchens, in restaurants, in chef's homes and on TV chefs using them.
I suppose it is what you're used to...but with gas, I can get instant on....instant high BTU's....and it doesn't cycle like electric stoves trying to keep the element on or off enough to try to keep the heat.
That and you can't discount the visual either...I can 'see' the gas flame and know where I'm at.....
I dunno about the dangers of solar, but the inconvenience...like when it is cloudy? Night? That's gonna be a bitch for you if you're on a road trip then....
Our current President supports increasing fracking to boost production in the US, along with conservation. If you have a better idea please let us know.
It might help in general, if our President had also passed the pipeline from Canada...and would open up leases back in the Gulf full flow again....that would do a lot to ease our pain at the pump.
But, I don't think that's much of a priority with him.
Just great....now it will be come more expensive to cook my own food or heat my own house, or dry my clothes....with all the natural gas going to power cars.....grrrrr.
And, I refuse to cook on electric....no heat control.
It is sad when I grew up....all of my peers strove to get as good of stereo as they could.
I find somewhere along the way...young people stopped even KNOWING about good sound reproduction.
I have friends over that are younger, and friends kids over...they hear me fire up my stereo and I see their mouths drop open, in that none of them were even aware these days...that you could even have quality sound reproduction.
I find that when people hear a decent stereo, they do 'care' about it...it is just we've lost a generation or two that even knows it is possible?
Nah...no need for those, my system I've been building for decades sounds great with WELL recorded music. And my speakers aren't the weakest link either....
Actually, the problem I'm running into, especially remasters of older stuff..is that my system reproduces too well.....and I can hear the flaws with badly recorded stuff. The overcompressed crap coming out due to the loudness wars, just physically hurts to listen to.
The day they start selling lossless music at CD or better quality, without DRM, is the day I will start buying music online.
Otherwise, I'll keep buying CD's and ripping as needed for my lessor listening environments (gym, car...etc).
Then again...maybe not...the compression wars are killing me. I just got the latest "remastered" edition of the Stones Some Girls album...I have tried twice to listen to it on my home stereo, and it just is painful to the ears. For some reason, however, the 2nd disc that came with it of outtakes/unreleased stuff..sounded pretty good.
Why they have to ruin a good album....grrr....I wish the cheap ipod earbud had never been invented. Too much crap being mixed for those, instead of quality listening environments....
I'm looking to soon get either the Canon 5D Mk II or the new Mk III....depending on the specs/price for new and how much the price drops for the current model.
Anyway, wanting to shoot video outdoors..and be able to open the aperture up full. I've been reading about neutral density (ND) filters. I've been reading that there are some good single units that are variable, and was thinking that might be where my money is best spent (as that I'll be a bit poorer after the camera body investment).
Do you or anyone else have insights on this and recommendations?
Also, for a new FF camera, hoping it comes with a decent zoom lens as a kit...but I want to get a couple nice, fast primes. Suggestions for those?
Even at 10-12MP you're fine for poster resolutions. This is the resolution current DSLRs operate at (even most full frame ones), simply because it's where you're going to get decent levels of sensitivity in the pixels and not too much noise.
More so, because the lenses, even on DSLRs can't actually resolve that resolution except in absolutely perfect conditions.
I've been wanting to get a nice, high end DSLR for some time now, and have been saving and hearing this new version would be out soon.
This looks to be about 22MP....smaller than the recent Nikon D800 offering, which I believe was 36MP.
I'm going with the Canon...seems to have the right size sensor, MPs....quality for shooting HD Video (and yes, I plan to use off camera sound recording, etc).
But there is apparently a good reason to have greater than 10-12MP. From what I hear, people use it a lot to help let them be more free with shooting the shots, and then cropping as needed in post?
I'm looking, however, to also save and get some decent glass.
I'm hoping the new 5D will come with something similar to the last one, with a L zoom lens that was decent to start with...but I will save and get a couple of good primes too.
I'm trying to study and figure out what I want to get for primes...as that they can get pretty $$$$$, and I want to spend my money wisely.
But that many MP in a phone? I would have to agree on that...why would you need that many on a freakin' cell phone?
Maybe it is different in the UK than the US...but man, people go faster that 20mph in the parking lots.....on the road, you'll get mowed over if your only doing 30mph....I'm not talking about highways either...but city streets.
Heck, I avg about 55mph on most city streets...when I bother to look at the speedometer.
Realistically....NO ONE just goes to a bar and drinks 1-2 drinks.
Not to mention, they've been lowering the BAC levels for DWI so low...depending on your frame, etc...2 drinks are enough to put you over the limit.
When I spoke of only serving alcohol...I was referring mostly to just a place you go to drink as the primary activity. Of course they have water and soft drinks too...these are mixers for mixed drinks.
But 98% of people going to a real 'bar' aren't going to just drink a coke or have one beer...they are going to get a buzz on, feel good meet others and have fun.
Then...they have to some how leave.
People are allowed now to drink as much as they want before they leave..there is nothing in place to stop them from walking out the door and getting in their car and firing it up....?
I find that people in that part of the country are more uptight about drinking and driving, than in other parts of the US.
But seriously, if you think for even a moment, that most people that are leaving a bar (I'm talking about a REAL bar that only serves alcoholic beverages, not a restaurant with a bar in it)....are even close to sober when they get into their cars, by legal limit or no....you are kidding yourself.
Also, I find that most people driving to the bars, often are singles, driving themselves to get there, have some drinks and meet other folks.
The scenario of the person that stays sober (designated driver) to drive everyone else back home, is quite rare, and doesn't happen very often...at least not in the US.
It may be different in different parts of the US, but in all the areas I've lived, I'm speaking from experience from both sides of the bar.
The only way you won't have drinking and driving..is to not allow public places to serve alcohol.
Heck, we even have drive through daiquiri shops here where I live, and trust me, those things are high octane beverages. Then again, we also have "to go cups" here too...so that you can take your drink with you out the door when you leave the bar.
And of course, proper public transportation or affordable taxis so that getting home at night is not an issue.
I dunno about you, but I'm NOT leaving my car in the bar parking lot overnight...to get broken into or stolen.
By the looks of most bar parking lots I've seen after closing time...no one else wants to do that either...besides, you need your car the next morning to get to work!!
Going out drinking 5-6 times a week? Dude, if the GP is doing that, then guess what- they have an alcohol problem.
Either that, or they live here in New Orleans.
We still have the concept of the "neighborhood bar" down here...not uncommon at all here to stop by for a couple beers on the way home from work most nights of the week. See friends, say hello, maybe play a little video poker, home is about 2-3 blocks away....good way to keep in touch with the neighbors.
I wonder what the penalty would be for hacking your OWN car that you own in France..to disable or spoof said breathalizer?
I can forsee the new 'kits' to fix these new mandatory attachments released shortly after the law goes into effect.
Hey, if they don't want us out drinking and driving, why do they not just BAN establishments outside the home from serving alcohol?
A bit of hypocrisy to allow establishments, who serve NOTHING but alcohol (the common bar) with large parking lots which allow people to drive there, and park their cars and go inside and partake of the product the bar is serving....and then get pissed off when those people get back in their cars to drive home or to another bar (or somewhere to get laid).
I just wish it wasn't illegal to distill your own liquors.
I'd like to try my hand at doing some sort of bourbon, or even a scotch!!!
I have the brewing down, just wish the govt would let us distill for personal consumption, which would allow good quality (and safety) still set ups to be sold.
Wow....I do all grain, and it cost me very little in investment for equipment.
Granted, much of the stuff was given to me by friends...on a don't ask, don't tell basis.
But my main boil and mash kettles, are just regular metal large beer kegs that we cut the tops off with a grinder. In one of them, we drilled and put in and EZ masher.
For kegging, I have a lot of the corny kegs, again, with these, I didn't ask where they came from. Down here in LA, most everyone has propane takes and burners for crawfish boils, etc, so that wasn't an extra cost. I bought and inherited a number of glass carboys. So, about the only things I've paid much money for are the small things...air locks, tubing, keg fittings....CO2 tank....
I would eventually like to build up and get a set up to crush my own grain...as I do it now, I buy my grain at the local brew store and they will crush it for you for free.....I just make sure I go the day of or day before I plan to brew.
But it isn't that $$ of a hobby. I mean, to buy a full blown starter kit for doing extract brewing...kit with everything you need, including bottles and capper...is about $100. The extract kits with yeast hops and all...was only about $22-$35 or so which was a good 5Gal batch. The only kits I'd seen go for near $45 were some pretty stout beers with a lot of adjucts and specialty grains, and a TON of extract, for a higher alcohol beer.
Then again...most everything alcohol related in New Orleans (food too for that matter) seems to be cheaper here than anywhere else in the country. I think we get a discount because we consume on such a volume basis.
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The thing is, I've been talking with people here in New Orleans, and with all the tax breaks here, it is like Hollywood south....if I can get a body and even 1-2 decent lenses, I have people that can get me workingw with them immediately mostly for video work, and I can share their lenses with them....but lots of stuff to do here for $$ with multi-cameras....
That's one of the main reasons I'm on the plan I am.
If I can make some $$ to pay towards the camera (which I'll likely get on amazon for 1yr interest free), I can then start picking up good glass too.
I want to shoot good still to...so, this would be a good investment for me.
But right off to bat, I have opportunities for shooting HD video for production down here....
I bought a player years back (before Katrina)...I just got it outta storage...still mostly works....but I never seen SACDs for sale at the store, or versions of them when I search for tunes on amazon...?
I hear this argument.....I'll believe it when I see PRO kitchens, in restaurants, in chef's homes and on TV chefs using them.
I suppose it is what you're used to...but with gas, I can get instant on....instant high BTU's....and it doesn't cycle like electric stoves trying to keep the element on or off enough to try to keep the heat.
That and you can't discount the visual either...I can 'see' the gas flame and know where I'm at.....
It might help in general, if our President had also passed the pipeline from Canada...and would open up leases back in the Gulf full flow again....that would do a lot to ease our pain at the pump.
But, I don't think that's much of a priority with him.
And, I refuse to cook on electric....no heat control.
Hmm...I think I might buy, yet again Get Yer Ya Ya's Out. My favorite live album of all time!!
on this one, I don't recognize any of the artists...but I'll try to browse through them, and research them over the weekend while at home...
The hdtracks.com suggestion above, had many bands I know (from back in the day)...the high fidelity tracks interest me!!
I need to build anew...my media box...my old one bit the dust the other day, and I've been back to CDs on it rather than all my stuff I own on FLAC.
Once I get that built/rebuilt....I'm gonna look seriously at all the suggested sites!!!
It is sad when I grew up....all of my peers strove to get as good of stereo as they could.
I find somewhere along the way...young people stopped even KNOWING about good sound reproduction.
I have friends over that are younger, and friends kids over...they hear me fire up my stereo and I see their mouths drop open, in that none of them were even aware these days...that you could even have quality sound reproduction.
I find that when people hear a decent stereo, they do 'care' about it...it is just we've lost a generation or two that even knows it is possible?
Nah...no need for those, my system I've been building for decades sounds great with WELL recorded music. And my speakers aren't the weakest link either....
Actually, the problem I'm running into, especially remasters of older stuff..is that my system reproduces too well.....and I can hear the flaws with badly recorded stuff. The overcompressed crap coming out due to the loudness wars, just physically hurts to listen to.
Otherwise, I'll keep buying CD's and ripping as needed for my lessor listening environments (gym, car...etc).
Then again...maybe not...the compression wars are killing me. I just got the latest "remastered" edition of the Stones Some Girls album...I have tried twice to listen to it on my home stereo, and it just is painful to the ears. For some reason, however, the 2nd disc that came with it of outtakes/unreleased stuff..sounded pretty good.
Why they have to ruin a good album....grrr....I wish the cheap ipod earbud had never been invented. Too much crap being mixed for those, instead of quality listening environments....
Oh well....back to work...and get off my lawn!!
Speaking of filters....
I'm looking to soon get either the Canon 5D Mk II or the new Mk III....depending on the specs/price for new and how much the price drops for the current model.
Anyway, wanting to shoot video outdoors..and be able to open the aperture up full. I've been reading about neutral density (ND) filters. I've been reading that there are some good single units that are variable, and was thinking that might be where my money is best spent (as that I'll be a bit poorer after the camera body investment).
Do you or anyone else have insights on this and recommendations?
Also, for a new FF camera, hoping it comes with a decent zoom lens as a kit...but I want to get a couple nice, fast primes. Suggestions for those?
I dunno. I"m excited to see the new Canon 5D Mark III come out!!
I've been wanting to get a nice, high end DSLR for some time now, and have been saving and hearing this new version would be out soon.
This looks to be about 22MP....smaller than the recent Nikon D800 offering, which I believe was 36MP.
I'm going with the Canon...seems to have the right size sensor, MPs....quality for shooting HD Video (and yes, I plan to use off camera sound recording, etc).
But there is apparently a good reason to have greater than 10-12MP. From what I hear, people use it a lot to help let them be more free with shooting the shots, and then cropping as needed in post?
I'm looking, however, to also save and get some decent glass.
I'm hoping the new 5D will come with something similar to the last one, with a L zoom lens that was decent to start with...but I will save and get a couple of good primes too.
I'm trying to study and figure out what I want to get for primes...as that they can get pretty $$$$$, and I want to spend my money wisely.
But that many MP in a phone? I would have to agree on that...why would you need that many on a freakin' cell phone?
Heck, I avg about 55mph on most city streets...when I bother to look at the speedometer.
There is no mass transit that you could/would take to get to/from home.
Heck, cabs are hard to get and very $$$$$$ in most cities I've lived in, New Orleans being the exception...but that's due to so many tourists.
Not to mention, they've been lowering the BAC levels for DWI so low...depending on your frame, etc...2 drinks are enough to put you over the limit.
When I spoke of only serving alcohol...I was referring mostly to just a place you go to drink as the primary activity. Of course they have water and soft drinks too...these are mixers for mixed drinks.
But 98% of people going to a real 'bar' aren't going to just drink a coke or have one beer...they are going to get a buzz on, feel good meet others and have fun.
Then...they have to some how leave.
People are allowed now to drink as much as they want before they leave..there is nothing in place to stop them from walking out the door and getting in their car and firing it up....?
I find that people in that part of the country are more uptight about drinking and driving, than in other parts of the US.
But seriously, if you think for even a moment, that most people that are leaving a bar (I'm talking about a REAL bar that only serves alcoholic beverages, not a restaurant with a bar in it)....are even close to sober when they get into their cars, by legal limit or no....you are kidding yourself.
Also, I find that most people driving to the bars, often are singles, driving themselves to get there, have some drinks and meet other folks.
The scenario of the person that stays sober (designated driver) to drive everyone else back home, is quite rare, and doesn't happen very often...at least not in the US.
It may be different in different parts of the US, but in all the areas I've lived, I'm speaking from experience from both sides of the bar.
The only way you won't have drinking and driving..is to not allow public places to serve alcohol.
Heck, we even have drive through daiquiri shops here where I live, and trust me, those things are high octane beverages. Then again, we also have "to go cups" here too...so that you can take your drink with you out the door when you leave the bar.
I dunno about you, but I'm NOT leaving my car in the bar parking lot overnight...to get broken into or stolen.
By the looks of most bar parking lots I've seen after closing time...no one else wants to do that either...besides, you need your car the next morning to get to work!!
Either that, or they live here in New Orleans.
We still have the concept of the "neighborhood bar" down here...not uncommon at all here to stop by for a couple beers on the way home from work most nights of the week. See friends, say hello, maybe play a little video poker, home is about 2-3 blocks away....good way to keep in touch with the neighbors.
Hmm..ok easy test.
1. Can I make it to my car, seatbelt up and start it?
Yes? -> Ok...I can drive.
No? -> Where the fsck is my car?!?!?...
I wonder what the penalty would be for hacking your OWN car that you own in France..to disable or spoof said breathalizer?
I can forsee the new 'kits' to fix these new mandatory attachments released shortly after the law goes into effect.
Hey, if they don't want us out drinking and driving, why do they not just BAN establishments outside the home from serving alcohol?
A bit of hypocrisy to allow establishments, who serve NOTHING but alcohol (the common bar) with large parking lots which allow people to drive there, and park their cars and go inside and partake of the product the bar is serving....and then get pissed off when those people get back in their cars to drive home or to another bar (or somewhere to get laid).
No, but I do take advantage of the fact we have establishments that have large parking lots for you to drive to, stop in and drink at.
It is a bit of hypocrisy to have places you are encouraged to drive to...and drink at...and not think people are going to drink then drive?
I know I've seen many places (bars) like this...and when they do close, strangely enough, that parking lot is NOT still filled with cars.
I guarantee you less than 2% of the people leaving there to drive home, were over the legal limit.
If you don't want people drinking and driving...why not ban having establishments that serve people outside the home?
LIke I said, the 'vette was the first car I'd seen with the auto-on lights.
I figured it was some sort of consipiracy to cause us to burn up and replace headlights faster....
I'd like to try my hand at doing some sort of bourbon, or even a scotch!!!
I have the brewing down, just wish the govt would let us distill for personal consumption, which would allow good quality (and safety) still set ups to be sold.
Granted, much of the stuff was given to me by friends...on a don't ask, don't tell basis.
But my main boil and mash kettles, are just regular metal large beer kegs that we cut the tops off with a grinder. In one of them, we drilled and put in and EZ masher.
For kegging, I have a lot of the corny kegs, again, with these, I didn't ask where they came from. Down here in LA, most everyone has propane takes and burners for crawfish boils, etc, so that wasn't an extra cost. I bought and inherited a number of glass carboys. So, about the only things I've paid much money for are the small things...air locks, tubing, keg fittings....CO2 tank....
I would eventually like to build up and get a set up to crush my own grain...as I do it now, I buy my grain at the local brew store and they will crush it for you for free.....I just make sure I go the day of or day before I plan to brew.
But it isn't that $$ of a hobby. I mean, to buy a full blown starter kit for doing extract brewing...kit with everything you need, including bottles and capper...is about $100. The extract kits with yeast hops and all...was only about $22-$35 or so which was a good 5Gal batch. The only kits I'd seen go for near $45 were some pretty stout beers with a lot of adjucts and specialty grains, and a TON of extract, for a higher alcohol beer.
Then again...most everything alcohol related in New Orleans (food too for that matter) seems to be cheaper here than anywhere else in the country. I think we get a discount because we consume on such a volume basis.