Wide Angle IS makes sense...

Joan wrote:
> I'm not fooled by that printer. I have an Epson 1200 (A3) which would
> be dwarfed by yours.
>
> What's the stuff to the right of the computer?

The silver/grey thing to the right of the screen is a CD/DVD duplicator,
which robotically burns and prints directly onto discs in quantities up to
100, unattended. This particular model is called the 2000i, by Rimage.
It's a pretty slick machine. I've produced thousands of discs with it,
which saves me huge headaches since I don't have to burn separately, and
then feed discs into a printer one at a time, etc. Someone thought it
looked like a cappuccino machine. :)

***Or maybe you meant that "thing" next to the black computer box?? -That's
a funky little open-geared clock that uses the old-style flip-numbers. :)
I have a little collection of odd-ball clocks, and this is one of my
favorites.

-Mark²

PS--You wouldn't happen to have a roommate in CA, would you?


>
>
> "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
> news:RtPJg.1892$nL2.752@fed1read02...
>>
>> :)
>> Thanks.
>> It's actually a pretty small room...only about 12' x 10 or 11'.
>> When the furniture was delivered, the movers thought I was nuts
>> because it appeared (to them) that it would never all fit. But once
>> I set it up (according to my careful pre-measurements), the room
>> actually seemed bigger than ever. Don't be fooled by the printer.
>> That's the Epson 4000, and it's pretty huge. -Otherwise, that would
>> have to be one dinky little table. :)

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

I did mean the Rimage. Sounds like a great system.

I live in Sydney, Australia, so I'm not likely to have a roommate in
CA

--
Joan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

"Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
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:
: The silver/grey thing to the right of the screen is a CD/DVD
duplicator,
: which robotically burns and prints directly onto discs in quantities
up to
: 100, unattended. This particular model is called the 2000i, by
Rimage.
: It's a pretty slick machine. I've produced thousands of discs with
it,
: which saves me huge headaches since I don't have to burn separately,
and
: then feed discs into a printer one at a time, etc. Someone thought
it
: looked like a cappuccino machine. :)
:
: ***Or maybe you meant that "thing" next to the black computer
ox?? -That's
: a funky little open-geared clock that uses the old-style
flip-numbers. :)
: I have a little collection of odd-ball clocks, and this is one of my
: favorites.
:
: -Mark²
:
: PS--You wouldn't happen to have a roommate in CA, would you?
:
:
: >
: >
: > "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in
message
: > news:RtPJg.1892$nL2.752@fed1read02...
: >>
: >> :)
: >> Thanks.
: >> It's actually a pretty small room...only about 12' x 10 or 11'.
: >> When the furniture was delivered, the movers thought I was nuts
: >> because it appeared (to them) that it would never all fit. But
once
: >> I set it up (according to my careful pre-measurements), the room
: >> actually seemed bigger than ever. Don't be fooled by the
printer.
: >> That's the Epson 4000, and it's pretty huge. -Otherwise, that
would
: >> have to be one dinky little table. :)
:
: --
: Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
: www.pbase.com/markuson
:
:

Joan wrote:
> I did mean the Rimage. Sounds like a great system.
>
> I live in Sydney, Australia, so I'm not likely to have a roommate in
> CA

OK.

-Now if I were flirting with you, it just occurred to me
that the next line could have been, "-You want one?"
Ha ha (I'm in California).
:)

There seem to be a lot of Australians who post here...several of which come
accross as somewhat insane.
-How did you manage to stay so normal?

-Mark²

PS--Come to think of it...there are quite a few Californians who really ARE
insane...
:)


>
>
> "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
> news:f3RJg.1899$nL2.1888@fed1read02...
>>
>> The silver/grey thing to the right of the screen is a CD/DVD
>> duplicator, which robotically burns and prints directly onto discs
>> in quantities up to 100, unattended. This particular model is
>> called the 2000i, by Rimage. It's a pretty slick machine. I've
>> produced thousands of discs with it, which saves me huge headaches
>> since I don't have to burn separately, and then feed discs into a
>> printer one at a time, etc. Someone thought it looked like a
>> cappuccino machine. :)
>>
>> ***Or maybe you meant that "thing" next to the black computer
> ox?? -That's
>> a funky little open-geared clock that uses the old-style
>> flip-numbers. :) I have a little collection of odd-ball clocks, and
>> this is one of my favorites.
>>
>> -Mark²
>>
>> PS--You wouldn't happen to have a roommate in CA, would you?
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in
>>> message news:RtPJg.1892$nL2.752@fed1read02...
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> It's actually a pretty small room...only about 12' x 10 or 11'.
>>>> When the furniture was delivered, the movers thought I was nuts
>>>> because it appeared (to them) that it would never all fit. But
>>>> once I set it up (according to my careful pre-measurements), the
>>>> room actually seemed bigger than ever. Don't be fooled by the
>>>> printer. That's the Epson 4000, and it's pretty huge. -Otherwise,
>>>> that would have to be one dinky little table. :)
>>
>> --
>> Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
>> www.pbase.com/markuson

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Mark² wrote:

>> Exactly! He should have shot this handheld with IS off and using
>> good technique and I'll bet it would have been razor sharp.
>
> You've said that at least three times now, and you're beginning to
> sound rather obsessive about it.
> Perhaps if you say it 5 more times, the world will agree with you.

LOL! No obsession about it. I'm simply stating that in fairness to
yourself you should shoot an identical shot under the same conditions with
IS off and post the results. I'm confident in your handholding abilities
and I'm certain that your image will be as equally sharp if not sharper with
IS off at 24mm.

>>> Don't misunderstand me, it's a nice picture but I fail to see
>>> how it makes a case for the need of IS/VR @ wide angle or otherwise!
>>
>> VR/IS on focal lengths of 50mm and lower are nothing more than
>> marketing gimmicks since they add absolutely no real world benefits.
>
> You're now bordering on silliness. Clearly you have little to no
> experience with IS.

I use VR.







Rita

Gawd, how to answer that? With questions, I think.



"Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
news:PESJg.1901$nL2.1700@fed1read02...
:
: OK.
:
: -Now if I were flirting with you, it just occurred to me
: that the next line could have been, "-You want one?"
: Ha ha (I'm in California).
::)

When are you visiting Sydney?
Oh, we have some wonderful photographic opportunities here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly/230779781/

:
: There seem to be a lot of Australians who post here...several of
which come
: accross as somewhat insane.
: -How did you manage to stay so normal?

Are you sure I did?

:
: -Mark²
:
: PS--Come to think of it...there are quite a few Californians who
really ARE
: insane...
::)


Must be all the sunshine...

:
:

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:43:56 +1000, Joan wrote:

> : PS--You wouldn't happen to have a roommate in CA, would you?
>
> I live in Sydney, Australia, so I'm not likely to have a roommate in
> CA

Ah, so that explains your pop toasting. :)

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 05:14:18 -0400, Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:

>> You've said that at least three times now, and you're beginning to
>> sound rather obsessive about it.
>> Perhaps if you say it 5 more times, the world will agree with you.
>
> LOL! No obsession about it. I'm simply stating that in fairness to
> yourself you should shoot an identical shot under the same conditions with
> IS off and post the results. I'm confident in your handholding abilities
> and I'm certain that your image will be as equally sharp if not sharper with
> IS off at 24mm.

Aww, that won't do any good. Everyone knows that IS/VR works,
particularly under conditions where it actually helps. Leave Marky
alone, won't you? He just wanted to fling his new bling. Er, that
is, share the joy of his new toy. :)

Maybe I'll start giving out Rodisms to such stupid off topic
arrogance.

--
Joan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

"ASAAR" <caught@22.com> wrote in message
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: On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:43:56 +1000, Joan wrote:
:
: > : PS--You wouldn't happen to have a roommate in CA, would you?
: >
: > I live in Sydney, Australia, so I'm not likely to have a roommate
in
: > CA
:
: Ah, so that explains your pop toasting. :)
:

ASAAR wrote:

>> LOL! No obsession about it. I'm simply stating that in fairness to
>> yourself you should shoot an identical shot under the same
>> conditions with IS off and post the results. I'm confident in your
>> handholding abilities and I'm certain that your image will be as
>> equally sharp if not sharper with IS off at 24mm.
>
> Aww, that won't do any good. Everyone knows that IS/VR works,
> particularly under conditions where it actually helps. Leave Marky
> alone, won't you? He just wanted to fling his new bling. Er, that
> is, share the joy of his new toy. :)

Nobody is arguing that VR/IS doesn't work. It works amazingly well and does
a great job when used properly and/or when it's really needed, in this case
it wasn't needed. I'm proud of Mark and his new "bling" and wish him the
best. Though, I'm sure this was the real reason for his post since he would
have posted a non-IS image under the same conditions if his goal was
demonstrating the benefits of IS.







Rita

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 20:16:21 +1000, Joan wrote:

>:> : PS--You wouldn't happen to have a roommate in CA, would you?
>:>
>:> I live in Sydney, Australia, so I'm not likely to have a roommate
>:> in CA
> :
> : Ah, so that explains your pop toasting. :)
>
> Maybe I'll start giving out Rodisms to such stupid off topic
> arrogance.
>
> --
> Joan
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

Stupid? Off topic arrogance? Could it be that joan-in-manly
exceeded her daily dose of testosterone? Hmm?