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				New Canon 20D owner. Suck on this you Nikonians!
				
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:47 pmby Matt. K
				Moon shot.
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/35497065
Sorry guys. I just felt mischievious.
 
			
		
			
				Re: New Canon 20D owner. Suck on this you Nikonians!
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:51 pmby birddog114
				
That's a real big hot pixel!!!!
 
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:54 pmby Glen
				Matt,
really like it, nice change from frame filling moons. I could see this in the Guggenheim with people drinking champagne while admiring it.
Your shot of the RAV is really impressive too, you do cars very well
Neat, but not in the middle  

   Actually looks a bit like the rule of thirds  

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:59 pmby Matt. K
				Glen
I'm trying to act like a Canon owner. The camera automatically composes for the rule of thirds.
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:06 pmby Raydar
				I’d be a bit worried with grain that size!!!!  
 
 
Cheers
Ray  

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:33 pmby MHD
				
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:38 pmby xerubus
				I just spent an hour cleaning my monitor as it had some sort of smudge on it.... then figured out it was a canon interpretation of the moon...
 
 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:57 pmby Matt. K
				Xerubus
A close up at that!
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:54 pmby gstark
				Glen
Glen wrote:Your shot of the RAV is really impressive too, you do cars very well
Make up your mind! Is it a Rav, or a car? (I 
do know the answer, 
btw)
 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:38 amby Onyx
				I tried to suck it, but I kept inhaling it...
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:33 amby Greg B
				Onyx wrote:I tried to suck it, but I kept inhaling it...
....as the actress said to the bishop
 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:06 amby Nnnnsic
				... in my pants.
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:25 pmby Glen
				Gary, I definitely know that it is not a car. Most 4wd (excluding Porsche cars & Subaru cars) don't really have the dynamics to be called a car. Driving 4wd's always amazes me that people give them to their wives as a "safe" car, can't think of anything further from the truth.
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:45 pmby gstark
				Glen,
Exactly.
And given the high CoG of these vehicles, I'd venture to say that many drivers simply don't understand what that does to the dynamics of the vehicle, especially when changing direction.
And there was a minor article I heard on the radio this morning: the highest concentration of 4WD ownership in NSW is in Mosman, where there are no unsealed roads. 
That comes as no great surprise, mind you ...
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:14 pmby Glen
				Heard the same report Gary, Mosman, Woollahra then Manly Council areas, hardly an area where one needs a car which has 1 metre of ground clearance
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:40 pmby gstark
				Glen wrote:1 metre of ground clearance
Makes it a hell of a lot tougher to run over the kids at school crossings. 
They just duck ... 
damn! I forgot. The duck's still off! 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:40 pmby Greg B
				"However, we do the duck the three very different ways, there is duck with orange, duck with cherries, and duck surprise."
"What is duck surprise?"
"It's duck without orange or cherries"
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:39 pmby Killakoala
				Fact 1: 4WD vehicles have gained in popularity over the last 10 years.
Fact 2: Volvo has seen a comparitive reduction in sales over the last 10 years.
Coincidence?
I think not.
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:22 amby Raydar
				Killakoala wrote:Fact 1: 4WD vehicles have gained in popularity over the last 10 years.
Fact 2: Volvo has seen a comparitive reduction in sales over the last 10 years.
Coincidence?
I think not.
Your onto something there killa  
 
 
That explains a hell of a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
 
 
Cheers
Ray  

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:11 amby Onyx
				Bloody Volvo drivers....
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:43 amby Glen
				Killa, now Volvo make a big 4wd. That would be something to keep away from, especially if you were on a motorbike  

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:48 amby gstark
				And especially if the driver's wearing a bowls uniform and hat.
Look too for a packet of Kleenex on the dash (or rear shelf of a sedan); it's a sign of a converted Camry driver.
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:51 pmby jethro
				you have to wear a terry towelling blue hat and have and iq of 20 and you have to be at least 60 years old! PHEW poor bastards what a pack of bloody drivers and dont forget you have to wear box head sunnies the ones that look like horse blinkers!
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:43 pmby Dargan
				Just a query. How many D70 owners drive a Volvo?
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:39 pmby Raydar
				Count me out!!!!!!
Cheers
Ray  

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:03 pmby Matt. K
				Damn Dargon! You got me there! 740. Best car ever made. Mine is nearly 18 years old and still drives better, feels stronger, and is soo damned comfortable, that it beats most of the junk on the road today. Would'nt be suprised to discover it was really manufacturerd by NIKON.
Just know this is going to get hot.
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:05 pmby Greg B
				Hey Matt, do you drive it right down the middle of the road?
  
  
 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:24 pmby Matt. K
				Oh Greg! So cruel!
			 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:05 amby gstark
				Greg B wrote:Hey Matt, do you drive it right down the middle of the road? 
 
  
 
You call that driving ??? 

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:46 pmby Dargan
				This is extremely freaky MattK. That was a throwaway line and yet of course I do drive one of these 'magnificent' vehicles. OK, OK GregB can now go away and weep real tears of laughter. By way of explanation I have owned a lot of vehicles (eg; every French marque) but have a lot of respect for Volvo engineering, I am a rationalist in the car stakes now. I am also assuming we are in the same age cohort though, given the cost of this 'hobby' it is not surprising I guess. The similarities are interesting in themselves I guess. Perhaps its time for an avatar change. Any of you readers see the Konnisegg Volvo 0-100kph in 3.2 seconds, you can't build something like that without a 
modicum of engineering knowledge, only problem is that Ford owns the shop now, and I find them focused more on marketing than engineering excellence.
 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:26 pmby Greg B
				Without wishing to disappoint, my question to Matt was more a reflection of his compositional preferences than his vehicular preferences.
The fact that it fitted in with the Volvo driver thing was entirely fortuitous.
I don't know what a Konnisegg is, I can only assume it is what a Konnis lays.
 

 
			
		
			
				
				
Posted: 
Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:34 pmby gstark
				I wuv a good yolk.