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"Dumb question, is there anywhere you can rent a camera? I am going back to CA and to san fran and want a dslr but I dunno if i'll have bought one at that pt...."

4/13/2009 11:20:51 PM

there are many online and a few local. i've rented from southeastern before.

4/14/2009 12:00:10 AM

I HOPE YOU FUCKERS ARE HAPPY






































i'm ordering the d90 (with the 18-105mm f/3.5-5 kit lens) this week

4/14/2009 9:08:13 AM

Anybody got a suggestion for a place to rent lenses? Dad and I are going to both Airpower over Hampton Roads and Wings over Wayne next weekend and need another telephoto lens. Last year we shot with just dads D80 and his Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR lens, but now I have a D40 and we want to both shoot simultaneously. Any suggestions on places and lenses?

4/14/2009 9:30:27 AM

^^personal or work
i know you said you were looking for a work camera but regardless...good set up

4/14/2009 10:05:59 AM

my 70-200 comes back home today

just in time for the spring game this saturday

4/14/2009 10:10:17 AM

what time is the spring game anyway? i was thinking about taking my camera out there

4/14/2009 10:13:04 AM

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4/14/2009 10:15:04 AM

^^^^ "work"

but the way that this works is that no one else will touch the camera (not because of some weird power trip thing, but because no one WANTS to...they were RELIEVED for me to be "willing" to do it, which blew my mind)...it'll stay with me at home, and my boss already said i can take it with me to new zealand in september

it's like it's mine, except i don't have to pay for it

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 10:15 AM. Reason : ]

4/14/2009 10:15:12 AM

does this mean we are going to hang out and shoot around... you do work... like... right by my place.

4/14/2009 10:28:57 AM

aha, this is true...i'm actually going to pick it up from wolf camera at crabtree in a little bit...i'm thinking i need some "practice"

actually, i want to try out the 720p video mode...i know it's not spectacular, but i think it'll be interesting to play with

4/14/2009 10:32:16 AM

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"but the way that this works is that no one else will touch the camera (not because of some weird power trip thing, but because no one WANTS to...they were RELIEVED for me to be "willing" to do it, which blew my mind)...it'll stay with me at home, and my boss already said i can take it with me to new zealand in september it's like it's mine, except i don't have to pay for it "

I have told you I hate you, right?

4/14/2009 10:33:44 AM

hey, i can go with you if i can be back before 12:30

4/14/2009 10:35:39 AM

^^

^ i have a meeting from 11 until 12, i was planning on going after that and meeting my brother for lunch...when are you done?

4/14/2009 10:40:19 AM

i'm having a friend come over at 1... no telling how long that would be though

4/14/2009 10:44:14 AM

ah, well, i'll make sure to bring it to work and we can play around at lunch

(that sounds kinda homo, but you know what i mean )

4/14/2009 11:04:57 AM

http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/seat-belt-camera-straps

pretty neat.

4/14/2009 2:19:32 PM

I love photojojo

4/14/2009 2:20:40 PM

damn rain...i wanna take pictures!

4/14/2009 3:54:10 PM

lensrentals.com and borrowlenses.com are both pretty good and offer a large variety of lenses and other equipment to try out. If you need something local, the guys at Southeastern Camera's are really nice and more than happy to help local people. I've had pro's rent from either websites with flawless results and on time shipping. I've only personally tried out SE camera's, which have a pretty decent rental prices.

^^^Those look pretty rad, but after a while, they'd start to hurt the neck, specially on larger and heavy glass. I got a pretty nice one for my 5d lately that's padded, stretchy and has clips to remove it easily.

4/14/2009 4:47:38 PM

Cary's getting new recycling carts! NEWS WORTHY!

4/15/2009 7:49:23 AM

^where's that at? I wanna take photos there. I got a fashion idea.

4/15/2009 11:11:19 AM

that would be a pretty cool spot for a fashion shoot jbaz.

on an unrelated note: i'm stoked we're getting those new bins in cary. that little box doesn't hold shit. i throw away half the stuff i would normally recycle because there isn't room.

4/15/2009 12:05:56 PM

^ we have to stagger our recycle loads we generate so much. It's bullshit.

4/15/2009 12:24:56 PM

my dad just ends up putting his trash and recyclables in the neighbors bins because he doesn't want to put his own bins out. But honestly, my parents don't generate that much trash, they reuse a lot of stuff, recycle what they can, and compost the rest that can't go in the trash.

Plus my parents like to shop at the farmers market; they don't like buying all of those packaged goods. It's not that they are tree huggers, they like to save money all while reducing the burden of opening almost impossible plastic and cardboard boxes. I mean when you want something now, scissors or a box cutter is no where in sight.

4/15/2009 5:22:19 PM

A few shots from The Appleseed Cast show at Local 506 on Monday night. I was pretty drunk, and not working with anything but my 11-16mm and flash with omnibounce diffuser.

But mainly I was just drunk.













Pregame at the gas station.

4/16/2009 12:09:05 PM

More attempts at neutralizing boredom while at work.










Apparently, the other night while I was drunk, I knocked my lens into something. It doesn't have any effect on focusing or clarity, but I'm still bummed.

4/16/2009 2:23:14 PM

is that your girlfriend? she's cute.

4/16/2009 2:33:01 PM

oh noes a crack on the tokina

<3 that lens

4/16/2009 3:17:47 PM

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"Plus my parents like to shop at the farmers market; they don't like buying all of those packaged goods. It's not that they are tree huggers, they like to save money all while reducing the burden of opening almost impossible plastic and cardboard boxes. I mean when you want something now, scissors or a box cutter is no where in sight."

i ALWAYS need scissors and a box cutter when trying to open food purchased at a normal grocery store

4/16/2009 6:01:21 PM

plz, a real Asian opens stuff with a katana...

4/17/2009 12:24:54 AM

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/nikon-rolls-out.php
i'd like to have this

4/17/2009 3:58:29 PM

^ only autofocuses on AF-S lenses, looks like.

[Edited on April 17, 2009 at 5:10 PM. Reason : .]

4/17/2009 5:10:02 PM

^That thing is just a ramped up D40. The body is the exact same as mine, except that live-view button and the sound port. Other than that its a D40 with a bigger sensor and CMOS and a trick screen. I am going to skip that and go up to a D90 when I upgrade next.

[Edited on April 18, 2009 at 11:42 AM. Reason : ]

4/18/2009 11:40:26 AM

lol at ^ comment. You can say that about almost every iteration of Canon camera's. Same exact body, cept a new sensor and screen...

Btw, just got my Epson 3800 printer today. Its awesome, can't wait to get this thing working.

4/18/2009 9:01:00 PM

obligatory spring blossom shot





and one football



[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 12:04 AM. Reason : ]

4/19/2009 12:02:19 AM

Here are some shots from the game as well. No editing, taken from the top of the lower level (under the shade)...

4/19/2009 9:49:02 AM

What kind of lens were you using? Those are pretty nice shots from up there.

4/19/2009 10:34:19 AM

55-200....had my elbow propped on my knee to keep it steady from the bleachers

4/19/2009 10:37:04 AM

I was sent to check out a brush fire in Johnston County yesterday. The Forest Ranger I talked to was really nice, and instead of making me stand several hundred yards away, gave me a fire jacket and let me walk into the brush with him. The fire was under control and I wasn't in any danger whatsoever, but it was rare for them to be so cooperative.

4/19/2009 10:37:29 AM

4/19/2009 11:41:51 AM

200-500 2.8 lens. aka the Sigma "why didn't they put a tripod in box with this" lens

4/19/2009 11:53:47 AM

All that research for it and yet they didn't spend the money to make it look cool. Honestly looks like a cheap plastic toy and why forest green?

4/19/2009 2:50:10 PM

4/19/2009 7:23:29 PM

so did anyone ever end up editing this?

4/20/2009 3:15:35 AM

4/20/2009 3:53:53 AM

Is it possible to take widescreen(16:9 or 16:10) shots using a Nikon D40?

4/20/2009 8:05:55 AM

its called cropping...

4/20/2009 6:36:57 PM

set em up

4/20/2009 6:40:46 PM

125

4/20/2009 6:41:12 PM