Posts by TomWithTheWeather

lol you guys sure do look "ganster" all right

It was ok. Too much fake slowmo, but I'd say it was worth the $5 I paid to see it.

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You're kidding, right? Not only do Cannon digital cameras have the HIGHEST return rate among all other digi cam brands, but they also break the most too. The most common issue with Cannon digital camers is the liquid in the LCD screen on the cameras escapes the glass and breaks the screen. Yeah, THERE is a good design! PFFF!

Highest return rate? Probably because it's the most popular brand among casual/non-pro photographers. Besides, most non-pro cameras aren't build nearly as solid as the pro level cameras. For instance, the gen1 Rebel's body is made of plastic whereas the pro equivalent 10D's body is made of a magnesium alloy. Both of these cameras are solid, but the 10D is like a tank.

I've owned a Canon Digital Rebel for a year and just recently bought a Canon D20. I've never had problems with either.

I worked in a photo lab for three years and roughly 90% of the professional customers we had used Canon. The others use Nikon. These pros ranged from wedding to newspaper to magazine to artistic photographers.

I'm not saying Canon is the best or the worst. They make really decent entry-level-pro to high-end-pro cameras. But so does Nikon and other brands. I'm with Canon because my first serious camera was a Canon and my lenses are Canon EF series, therefore if I upgrade, it makes sense for me to stick with Canon, unless for some stupid reason I wanted to purchase all new gear.

As far as DSLR's are concerned, Canon makes some of the best. The D20 I just bought is AMAZING. It's the best camera Canon makes that isn't $8000 or more.

Seagulls are cool. The trick is to toss food at them to get them close. A friend of mine and I used to lay down on our backs in the sand and she'd throw bits of bread a few feet straight above us while I took pictures of the gulls hovering over us. After a few minutes we'd have like 30 or 40 gulls swarming around us. The bad part is, there is the risk of being pooped on, but you could just rinse off in the ocean if that happened.

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Raleigh, NC

Mmmm home.

Yeha, I picked up my monopod from a random Wolf Camera.

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Any advice on taking clearer night / low light pics without a tripod is much appreciated.

If you don't want the bulk of a tripod, a monopod will be a little smaller and lighter. It doesn't have the stability of three legs, but between its one leg and whatever you're leaning on, your pics will be much clearer. The monopod I have costs like $35.

Combine that with a fast lens, like one that can do f/1.8 to f/1.2, and your low light pics will be much clearer.

Nice! I really like the little person walking.

Nada Surf - Killian's Red

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gotta love that doom 3 lighting engine. its sucks.

Corrected for you.

I'm picking it up tonight.

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Hey some people find aim_map fun to play

I don't know what that is.

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Serious Sam is like the single most unoriginal game, ever. The design is so basic that i as a game developer would be ashamed of making it. For some reason it's fun to play though

If for some reason it was fun to play, I wouldn't be ashamed to have designed it.

Crollywood for life.

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are people surprised that prey is unveiled again and its unoriginal and awkward?ITS PREY.

their main character is TALON BRAVE

TALON

BRAVE

Lol, exactly.

It has, but that doesn't mean they can't switch engines. The first engine they were using for it was one they built in-house with goofy destructable geometery and portals.

Well so far it's starting to seem that anything made with the Doom3 engine is going to look like Doom3. Damn you hard-edged stencil shadows and low-res normal maps.

As if anyone could judge a game from one screenshot...

I can't wait for the co-op.

Ah yeah, I've tried playing with one of those things. It is actually tough to hold onto when it starts spinning good.

Inside a hollow tree trunk with funnel shaped spider webs.