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  • DonSchap's Avatar
    06-14-2013, 02:14 AM
    Okay... I got a little more time with my SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 DG EX HSM and found it backfocusing by an micro adjust setting of -3. Unfortunately, that...
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    06-08-2013, 04:10 AM
    Well, at least we have reliable backups with unlimited capacity... for the rest of our "unnatural" lives. Why not give 'em a call, directly, and...
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    06-07-2013, 11:00 PM
    So, like my relatively large 4TB image-collection hard drive went on the fritz... and I thought I had lost all my important and worked on images! Bad...
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    06-06-2013, 10:37 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    Hey, mate, you're not alone. I'm waiting for some good news, too.
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    06-06-2013, 09:11 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    I just saw (6/6/13) Canon is offering $500 off the EOS 7D and the EOS 60D. Man, if that isn't a swipe at SONY's over-priced contender... I'm not sure...
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  • DonSchap's Avatar
    06-02-2013, 08:59 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    Why change canoes midstream? :rolleyes:
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    06-02-2013, 07:22 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    I come from the "proposal set," Rooz. You present a low cost solution to an issue and build from there. It may take a little longer to develop, but...
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    06-02-2013, 01:25 AM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    I have begun to realize that my experiences are not worth a heck of a lot to the younger set. They, of course, know-it-all and there is no telling...
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    06-01-2013, 09:24 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    Mate, the few do not represent the whole. I took the time to have first-hand experience with these young adults. You may be excited by the few Flickr...
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    05-31-2013, 10:04 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    Sears saw fit to put 4000 additional photography workers on the street, Jim. That's a lot of additional and needless pressure for the current...
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    05-31-2013, 02:09 AM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    It is my job to get along... and I have been complimented with telling it like it is and solving people's problems. You want puppets? Call an a99...
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    05-30-2013, 08:52 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    Jim, I'll be honest... on a personal level... I did not get that much out of the "educational environment" I HAD SO WILLINGLY ELECTED TO USE TO...
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    05-27-2013, 02:34 AM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    Jim, You're right. What was I thinking? I guess since I drifted out of the age of acne, my thought process has become muddled and errant. I so...
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  • DonSchap's Avatar
    05-26-2013, 09:32 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    You know, Jim... what I don't get is why SONY would go to all the trouble to make a camera that falls this short of the technological level we have...
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  • DonSchap's Avatar
    05-25-2013, 09:13 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    My contention has been that if you ALREADY have an a900/a850 FF DSLR... then waiting for the next generation of ALPHA FF camera and skipping the...
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    05-24-2013, 10:51 PM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    There's is nothing wrong with pointing out the truth, mate. A lot of people are affected by negative changes to the camera system. No one is...
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    05-24-2013, 03:43 AM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    What, by offering a power solution that is not only practical... but reliable, too. Yes, yes... troll options. SONY made the darn thing a...
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    05-24-2013, 12:45 AM
    DonSchap replied to a thread SONY a99 in Sony Digital SLRs / ILCs
    One of the bigger knocks on the a99 is its ghastly power consumption. At full tilt, it consumes at levels that might be as much as 200% the...
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