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i hav tried at lower ISO, but the shutter speed was too low for hand-held shot, they came out blur, the kit lens is not bright enough for indoor shots without flash so i had to crank up the ISO, i think the F-stop on the kit lens was f3.6 at the widest zoom & f5.6 at max zoom

happy birthday Bram & Kenneth

more pictures of people eating the guy on the right is the boss of the camera shop who lends me the E300 to test out, the one on the left is a friend both of them also look like bookies both shots taken at iso 800 with NR on, no flash, noise level is acceptable

more shots from SLS using the E300, i'm starting to like the DSLR feel Olympus cameras takes nice potrait shots, skin color is nice but everything else looks a bit soft when indoors

another new camera from Olympus : Mju 500 all weather

i think manfrotto has monopods that are better quality then the one i bought, i paid $50+ for my & its made in Italy, there's a few thats bigger i think i bought the smallest one. picture of the new E300 for everyone shot here with the C770 to see the size difference

do u mean my photo? most of camera shop people in SLS look like bookies a word of caution on mono pod, my Manfrotto mono-pod broke after about 2 months, one of the locking catch which is made of plastic broke in 2 when i tried to lock it i would go for a Slik mono pod next, the one with a twisting lock, my Slik tripod seems to be better made then the Manfrotto ones of the same price range

yes NR = noise reduction u can use it when pushing up the ISO or for long exposure night shots, on Olympus cameras i think they do a kind of layering onto the picture to reduce the noise in the shots the draw back is that it takes longer for the camera to write to the card with NR on, the file size also almost doubles

yes he works in the camera shop i think he was counting how much he made today here's another shot, not as good, the NR was turned off, he's one half boss of the shop

went to a frens shop in SLS to try out the Olympus E300 just now first impression...its a small camera for a DSLR, i had try a few times to see where to place my left hand, the grip although comfy, also feels small when compared to D70 or E1 the lack of a second LCD display and dial makes the menu a little confusing, all the buttons are also shortcuts to camera settings. things i like on the E300 : not as heavy as E1 fast AF (even in low light) nice shutter feel fast write speed to CF i took a few shots with my own CF card, the camera write speed was faster then my C8080, even with the noise reduction on noise level was not as high as i thought, even with ISO set to 400 & 800 below is one of the better shot taken after work in SLS, no flash, manual mode ISO 400(i think) NR on, kit lens i think the picture was ok considering this was the first time i'm using the E300

can we use this sticky tread for other/future dates of meets/mini meets? this way we don't need to keep going back to the original tread where disscussions of meets begin, mods? might need to change the title and set some basic rules

5th feb is ok, after chinese new year also ok with me if @ Burlington Square but we won't hav access to AC power points there...i don't think the SLS food court opens so early

the ATH-EW9 cost more then the Muvo rite Bram nice review

i hav gav-up my opa627 for the cheaper AD797, i find the 627 "too detailed" it seems that all i'm doing is listening to the faults in the music with this chip, this may be good if you are mixing or mastering your own music, but for enjoying the music itself, i find the 797 more pleasing to the ears, it may be more colored then 627 but its a good coloring more musical all round and less "studio" like

where will the mini meet be?

EOS 350 not D70 here, just my C8080 a shot of my new speakers, Tannoy MX2M now discon. model stock clearence from Hung Bros

my shutter finger is getting itchy again my supplier is checking for me if the price of the D70 is going to come down

do post some pics as well

the pics look better & better N@Z u been doing a lot of the colors look good

i'm getting better at the DIY adaptors after a few tries, now i don't solder the legs to the board first. i find it easier to solder the op-amp onto the board together with the legs in place then cut off the excess legs on top.

that looks like the yet to be release Nikon model D7000000000 with the very high tech SB800000000 flash, both made from super thin space-age material when u gonna "upgrade" his lens too N@Z this should be cheaper the your 50mm/f1.8

the moustached guy is Richard, i think he's the uncle of the Hung bros the Hung sisters also quite friendly just remember their father is the boss of the shop on the ground floor outside SLS, which also sells a lot of Koss headphones, which used to be beside Hung Bros...they are also relatives of my Boss very complex network in SLS there's another Boss of a big shop in SLS who's a very close relative of my Boss, but i will not say who that is as u can see, lots of relations here

thanks N@Z D70 team D70?

N@Z, post a pic of your new PC using your new D70 if possible some porn shots of the PC as well

these arrived today on my bd "gifts" from AD AD797 single channel op-amps not sure if anyone else tried them before, AD says these are good for pre-amps, with very low noise i hav them mount on DIY adpators and driving in my desktop amp. the 797 sounds good, very warm like opa2132 but more detailed, i find it to be a good match for my HD595 better midrange then 2132 and not as analytical as the 8610, adds very nice body to the music