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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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I bet dude.
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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I never go home long enough to do a photowalk also. I may try in December but by then...brrrrrr...so cold.
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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I dont think i would ever want to be that cold.
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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Alas, LOVE the lens. The saturation, contrast, and sharpness compete with prime lenses. To me it is a lens that EVERY Canon user should have in his/her bag. I am even happy with it just being the f4 and not the 2.8. When using a lens at this focal length it's usually not in low light or inside shoots anyways. When I'm needing to shoot low light I always go for my 50 1.8 or the 15mm 2.8 primes.

Snow, yeah I think what Zach said was pretty much dead on. Memphis is lacking in any kind of culture period. Not many people out doing much either. Even Beale street stays pretty empty unless there is a big event or something. I mean literally you might catch 20 people on the whole street if that during the day or weekdays.

I would LOVE to do some street photography in places like NYC or something where there is ALWAYS something going on and the streets are ALWAYS full. I think for where we live we do pretty good. ha ha
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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i still need to go downtown chicago to do a photo walk. its like 15-20 from where im at too. i guess im just lazy and know i can go any time.
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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i hate you...plus downtown Chicago is fun as hell...bars are open until 4am...mmm good times.
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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havent gone yet since im not 21.

but yup it is fun. its a beautiful city
only thing i hate about it is the streets. ask cory about it haha his exhaust was sparking every time he would hit a bump lol
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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maybe he should give the helmet to the little girl
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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Ha..
Too bad I don't think it would fit her.
I think it would fall off if they got into an accident!
Old Oct 2, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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bars open until 4 am? i think i moved to the wrong state. haha sighh
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by karupin
bars open until 4 am? i think i moved to the wrong state. haha sighh
u did i think we've already talked about this many times...

move to miami!
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:38 AM
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waaaahh... i dropped my d90 tonight... it looks bad! i had it on a tripod and for some reason my little brother decided to take out he screw that lets you turn the camera for landscape/portrait modes. it worked fine for a while and when i moved the tripod one of the times it just fell... and i couldnt catch it.

long story short the lens separated from camera and this part broke:



also the actual housing of the camera is cracked by the flash/bracket button and also the flip up flash is cracked... camera works fine its just got the cracked pieces...

besides nikon direct does anyone know where i can get replacement parts for the d90?
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:44 AM
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that really sucks man
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 05:52 AM
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ya it does i was gonna cry cuz i jus bought it tuesday
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:11 AM
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jeeeeza
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:14 AM
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I already ordered that lens mount. Tomorrow I'm going to talk to a friend at ritz that repairs to order me the front piece and flasch cover
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:20 AM
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well i hope you can get things back to normal
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:24 AM
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Ya, other than that the camera seems to work fine. I don't think the pieces are going to be too expensive, I'm just bummed
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:28 AM
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i can imagine, i know i would be
Old Oct 3, 2009 | 06:37 AM
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I'm hoping this works. I'm posting from my iPhone. That's the main problem and then the top of the flash that you see when it's down is cracked as well



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