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[Off-topic] M_T_M:
Brutal honesty.....:eek: :eek: :eek:

Unexpected but appreciated
[Off-topic] undercover:
I'm sorry,but I prefer to be honest to people. And I'm not a pro, far from it, but I'm here any time you have a question. Please don't stop posting your pics here.

Little advice on how to start. Try taking a oic of something that will be the same later (ie not food as that won't last long in your hands:D). Post it here. Get advice, retake the PIC, enjoy the results. Try it, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
ahhh you big meany. Tinkerbell why you be mean like that?

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Tinky, why'd you get rid of the hammer and scicle in your sig?
[Off-topic] leo321:
b&w is easy to develop yourself, so ive heard. im gonna pull out my dads old nikon slr from the late seventies :cool:
[Off-topic] undercover:
Lol.

I only show it off now and again to remind xda my true roots.:D You like?

It's still there, I just have to enable it and floatright. Hate fat signatures.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
That's all I did in high school. There's two types to get. One you develop, one the store develops, can't remember which is which now. Thing is, developing is easy, the chemicals are expensive though.

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I've got a soft spot for you Rooskies. Most of my favorite authors are from USSR and wrote from the 30s to 70s. Yall are some tough sons of btches. I like the story of the nazis surrounding one of your cities. Blockaded it. People said ok, they started taking apart the buildings and burning the wood to keep warm. Ate their own animals for food. Basically gave the Germans a big middle finger. Then winter hit, and you guys were fine, and they left cause they got cold. Hahaha.
[Off-topic] dexter93:
the chemicals for B&W aren't that expensive.. you need gear first, which is about $100 and will last you forever and then chemicals which are about $40, but they'll last for a bit over 60 films. the cost in the long run is way less than paying for developing ;)
[Off-topic] undercover:
Are you talking about Stalingrad? There was no glory in that. What you said is one way to interpret it but reality was a lot harsher. People started eating each other. All the supply lines were cut off.

Most of the wars Russia won in the winter. Napoleon and Hitler are two biggest examples. They expected to go in, take over and bam. Reality was different. It dragged up to the winter and tech and people weren't ready for these conditions.

Red Army was a lot worse than Germans to their own people. In general, they would take EVERYTHING living helpless people with nothing to eat where Germans would only take some. But hey, victor gets to write the history. All I know for almost sure is that if Germany didn't attack Russia in 1941(Russia and Germany had a pact that they won't attack each other that Germans broke) we'd all be speaking German now (Europe). They tried to bite too much to quick.

And yes, Russian writers are great. Acclaimed worldwide. Some of the best science fiction writers are Russian. Look up brothers Strugacky if you are into it, you won't regret.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
I like to look at things in a better light. And yes, Stalingrad. I know all about how the leaders and military did wrong.

I was about 15 when I read Оди́н день Ива́на Дени́совича Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha. Been hooked ever since. I'll check out that author you mentioned. Thanks.
[Off-topic] undercover:
I'm looking for one book ATM that you would LOVE . Повесть о настоящем человеке . Can't find English translation unfortunately yet, but I'll keep looking. Have a go at it yourself.

Edit. Enjoy. http://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/26873777?width=384

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
Didn't anyone ever tell you that when you give constructive criticism that you should include some good points rather than just pick on all the bad points. You could have found something positive to say about his picture even if it was to say that he would make a good takeaway menue photographer ;)

A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Bill Cosby
[Off-topic] boborone:
Only thing in English is the Opera. I can't believe with it being published 80 times, they haven't made an English version of the book.
[Off-topic] undercover:
Will keep in mind, thank you for advice :)

See the edit above. ;)

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
Noice, thanks man.
[Off-topic] dexter93:
Your people had very good scientists too. Too bad they were all controlled by the military..

see Царь-бомба, Čerenkov radiation etc
[Off-topic] undercover:
Yah. Sakharov....

Nazis invented crap load of stuff we use today. They had some well advanced tech. After ww2 us got most of their scientists ;) and some Russian too.

Historically most of tech comes from military when it gets cheaper to produce.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
I idolized Wernher Von Braun as a kid. I wanted to grow up and build rockets also.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
How about you guys make a USSR/Nazi thread? lol
[Off-topic] undercover:
And why not? Sounds like a plan to me. Most of the people I've spoken to here have some interesting knowledge in different subjects. How about creating a thread called All things serious?

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
Heh, the Polish are invading.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
That's a first since the 19th century. lol

I loved the good old days when Poland extended from the Baltic to the Black Sea and a quarter of Russia was under Polish rule.

ANd tinkerbells puny country was called Poland as well. Then you people got all pissy and we had to call it The Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania. lol
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
whatwasdonethar....
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
I'm part russian (on my father's side)

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[Off-topic] undercover:
He's throwing a bait in here lol. It's a long standing thing between LT and PL. Not biting :D

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "

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Nice. Now that is going to sound weird, but I don't have Russian blood in at least 3-4 previous generations. Slavic, but not specifically Russian. To make things even more complicated I don't have any Lithuanian blood either :D

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] dexter93:
Hey there double D :p

when you say close up, how close do you mean(distance of the phone to the object)? i ask this because it might be too close for the camera to focus

also hows the lighting conditions? is there enough light to capture the photo without blurring?
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Really close, like a inch away.

But we might as well forget about this, as the app just broke my f#cking camera!!!:mad: both the app I bought and my regular camera can't access the image:( I have uninstalled it, but no dice... guess it's time to flash another nightly. And hope that fixes it

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[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
And it cost 5 f#cking dollars, I better get a God damn refund.

Fyi, don't buy zoom fx.

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[Off-topic] jaszek:
Well the app won't help you take macro shots with the phone due to the camera not being physically able to focus that close. So you're SOL with that app anyway.
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Yeah, true say. But i expect better for the price

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[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Well a simple reboot fixed my old camera, and I am getting a refund:)

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[Off-topic] dexter93:
Lol! Free apps! Yay! :D

$ sudo make me a sandwich
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Yay, a free broken app:rolleyes:

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[Off-topic] dexter93:
I could stress test it to see if its broken... :rolleyes: Mind sending me the apk ? :p

$ sudo make me a sandwich
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
You might wanna edit your post. Yarrr

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[Off-topic] dexter93:
It was a joke... :p

$ sudo make me a sandwich
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Mhmmm, sure sure:p

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[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
dd, check this :D I have a fisheye works awesomely :D :p

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wide-Angl...=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item27bb5df7fc

sticky ring sticks around camera on phone, lense attacches by magnets :D
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Goodnight sweet prince
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Some more amazing Time-Lapse:

http://www.crewwestinc.com/2010/10/28/landscapes-volume-1/

http://www.crewwestinc.com/vimeo/

Fantastic!
[Off-topic] jaszek:
I want to go to Arizona now...Actually I've always wanted to go there. I was thinking of going on a trip there this January, anyone that would be willing to let me sleep over? lol
[Off-topic] Dirk:
My old man has done the Canyon twice for photography holidays. Hanging out over the edge with my step-mum sitting on his legs to get some shots! :eek:

Out all day, clambering up and down in 120F heat? Count me out! Incredible scenery though :D
[Off-topic] bWorks:
I love analog photographie
[Off-topic] jaszek:
But then again it's not as humid in Arizona, so I can stand the heat. New York heat+humid has prepared me well. lol
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Your country has less people in it than the city I'm in right now. And all the beautiful stuff in Vilnius is stuff the Poles built. And last time I checked, all the churches praise the Polish Kings. lol
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
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[Off-topic] boborone:
So you're not Russian after all. Just born there. I've got a bud who's from St Petersburg. His mom is a literature teacher there. His grandma was on a cruise ship during WWII and died after the Germans bombed it. They weren't even in the war at that time. I posted pics of his motorcycle in the pics thread. Think you thanked em. He's got headlight made from an old Soviet gas mask and a red star on side and a hammer and cicle on the other of gas tank.

(i know i spelled that wrong)
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
I'm russian, irish and welsh. :eek::eek:

I've never met another person with that mix.

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[Off-topic] undercover:
Still not biting. You know pretty well that there is more to that. Btw, one of the first universities in Europe was built in Vilnius, with help of polish iirc. There is a lot more to history of Lithuania and Poland than people know of.

I was christened in the Ostra Bramy btw. The only surviving gate of old old wall surrounding Vilnius once. Amazing building. You can almost smell in the air how old it it. A lot of Poles come there.

It's amazing how much history every country/city in the world holds.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] boborone:
You never met your sister :confused:
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
My half sisters don't have any irish on their side of the family. Their mom was italian.

So.....my answer remains, no. I have never met another person with that mix. :rolleyes:

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[Off-topic] boborone:
I'm just a typical Texan blood. Indian (feather not red dot), Irish, and white mutt. Here, if you're native, you have German, Czech, Irish, and Indian. That's who settled the area and who was already here.
[Off-topic] undercover:
Every day proves more and more that world is an amazing place.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] jaszek:
I was there last summer.

View from Ostra Brama

Our Group:

Pics from the trip when we were in Vilnius: http://wycieczkaszkolna.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/dzien-szosty/

the 7th day is Trakai if you can find it.
[Off-topic] undercover:
Nice pics. Orthodox church is stunning, isn't it? Feeling a bit nostalgic now :(

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] jaszek:
That Orthodox church looked awesome. And those three bodies in the middle of the church... lol. Although, I'm never drinking that cheap Lithuanian vodka again. Worse Vodka EVER!!!
[Off-topic] undercover:
O. M. G.

Should have gone for polish vodka. Or Lithuanian Auksine.

" One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching "
[Off-topic] undercover:
Heads up. Snapseed is available from the market. Superb.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
I spent just shy of 2 months in Poland after Lithuania. I had "Lithuanian" brand vodka before this one and it was pretty good. With this one we only had 20 lits and it was after 22:00 so it was hard to find alcohol. We had some Russian bum help us find one, for which I had to give him 2 lits, even though he wanted me to buy him beer. Also trying to communicate with the cashier was fun. Me talking in Polish, she was speaking in Russian. Somehow I got that. lol
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Doing it old skool!

Thought some of you might get a kick out of this old guide.
[Off-topic] veeman:
Where do you get these infographics?

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[Off-topic] -DarkKnight-:
From the Internet

Thread Closed
[Off-topic] veeman:
Thread reopened.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
There's a few here:

http://www.coolinfographics.com/

..and from that page, check out 'Sheldon's T-Shirts of the Big Bang Theory' :)
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Waiting in Starbucks for the guy to come with my camera :D
[Off-topic] undercover:
Why would someone come to SB with YOUR camera? Or you are getting a new one? And what?

BO!! Sigpic is back :)
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Used camera. Shady Craigslist deal. lol. I love it. It's a Fuji X100 Gear porn:
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Just a friendly reminder that voting ends tomorrow after I get back from work, which will be around 7pm EST. Meanwhile, if you already voted, go out to get a photo for this months topic, Cars/Automobiles.
[Off-topic] veeman:
Look at this picture I took of a cardboard packaging piece. It was sitting so that the red from the stained glass window fell on it. Looked pretty cool IMO. :D

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[Off-topic] undercover:
That is a nice pic! Yay. Well spotted.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
19 hours left to vote!!!!
[Off-topic] dexter93:
voting bump. a few hours left
[Off-topic] undercover:
Playing with snapseed. Try it guys.:thumbup:
[Off-topic] jaszek:
2 more hours left till I get to a computer to close the poll.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Polls are closed. Honorable mention goes to leo321

It was a close race, but with 10 voted, second place goes to tinky1

and with 16 votes, the winner of the November Photo Challenge is...

DEXTER93

Good job dexter. The prize is having your name in the OP.

Don't forget about the December challenge, where the topic is cars/automobiles

Winning image:
[Off-topic] veeman:
Good job Dexter. You win the internet.

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[Off-topic] Felimenta97:
Congrats Dexter.

I think I will try to take a photo from my mom's car brand logo (VW), unfocus a bit the rest of the image (Can I do that with an Android app?) and send it lol.
[Off-topic] leo321:
Mine was more content than presentation. Terrible photo, but it was still nice. You guys think that a Nikon d3000 would be a nice begginer dslr? or should I get 3100?

Im dabbling in film as well :)

Right now all I have is a Nikon EM

I have a couple of lenses that are as dated as the camera, and a Nikon DX 55-200mm dslr lens that a friend gave me because the autofocus motor broke. Manual focus still works, but i cant control the aperture (i think thats the word, the iris thing in the lens that controls how much light is let in.) because theres no manual control for that and my camera doesnt have these.

But anyway here's what i have (all I have)

Thanks to whoever voted for me in November!
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Hell yeah dex! Nice job! Don ftw!

Easier than it sounds, harder than it looks.
[Off-topic] Thats OK:
Good job dexter.

Great shot!
[Off-topic] undercover:
Need to bribe more people next time. Grrrrr.

Well deserved Dex. :thumbup:
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
Nice one Dexter, really good pic :thumbup:

Java is C++ without guns, knives and clubs. - James Gosling (Co-inventor of Java).
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
Yay Dex! :D:cool:

Hickory, Dickory, Dox...Snowflake approves of my HOX.... :D
[Off-topic] Ichigo:
I voted for the third one.

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Mock my muffin. I dare you.
[Off-topic] dexter93:
Yay! Thanks people :)

also big thanks to the competition. It was a nice start

Let's keep it up :thumbup:
[Off-topic] veeman:
If you can afford it, I say go for the d3100. It's a better camera. But they're both great beginner cameras.

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[Off-topic] jaszek:
Few shots from the X100 from around the campus. Took them like 30 minutes ago. lol

X100 test by Jaszek, on Flickr

X100 test by Jaszek, on Flickr

X100 test by Jaszek, on Flickr
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
What do you guys think about having a Sony 16mm f/2.8 (SEL-16F28) for NEX cameras? I was thinking getting one of those and possibly the Sony Ultra Wide Converter (VCL-ECU1) so it will be equivalent to 12mm instead. At first I was thinking about 16-50mm but not many reviews for that yet and some negative feedbacks from users.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Is it 16mm EQUIV to 35mm sensor?
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
Nah, APS-C sensor, forgot to say I'm going to be using it on the NEX-5N.

According to Sony:

16mm is equivalent to 24mm for 35mm sensors.

With the conversion lens, 12mm would be equivalent to 18mm for 35mm sensors.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
It depends on what you will be shooting.
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
Streets and people, going to China in about 3 weeks. Not sure if I want/need a wide angle, currently I only have the stock 18-55mm kit lens.
[Off-topic] undercover:
That will do it for the wide end. If you have some money to spend I'd get something for the longer end, 70-300 or similar. Sigmas seem to be good and fairly cheap for that end, but do splash out on OS if you can.
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
Quite expensive to get zoom lens for NEX system at this moment, only one I can think of at a reasonable price is most likely Sony 55-210mm. I don't know if I need too much zoom though.
[Off-topic] dexter93:
Always keep in mind that it's a mirrorless. Which means that with an adapter you can mount ANY SLR lens made for any mount ;)
[Off-topic] undercover:
Good shout. No worries about shattered mirror. :thumbup:
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
Only thing is, on vacation, I don't really want to carry too much with me. I have a few lens from Nikon for my D5000 but lens are too big and don't want to carry all the stuff just for casual shooting when I'm in China. Just looking for something small that I might be able to pocket without having to bring a camera bag. NEX-5N w/ 18-55mm is hard to pocket on the go, thinking about getting 16-50mm PZ lens but still a bit expensive with poorer image quality past 30mm. Not sure if I just want something wide though, just with 1 focal length. Like on my Nikon D5000, I usually just shoot with the 35mm f1.8 lens and rarely use 18-55 or 55-200.
[Off-topic] undercover:
Trouble is on a trip you might not be able to stop and walk around to adjust, hence you need all the flexibility equipment can offer.
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
Damn. No clue what to get then... At first my thought was to get the 16mm + UWA Converter lens for a wide angle shooting.... But zoom lens sounds interesting and pricey, just a bit hard to carry around without a bag when on the go.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Built in Panorama feature on the X100

X100 Panorama by Jaszek, on Flickr
[Off-topic] runtohell121:
To buy the Sony 16mm or not, that is the question.... -____- Was offered $125.99 after offering $120 on eBay shipped from US. Regular price is $128.80 (slowly going down). Ugh... hate deciding, wish the RX100 came out before I bought the NEX-5N, probably would have bought that instead of the 5N.
[Off-topic] veeman:
Minnesota finally looking like a winter wonderland.

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[Off-topic] jaszek:
One new rule for posting in this thread. Resize your photos to 1024 on the long side. They don't resize automatically on the full site.
[Off-topic] veeman:
oopsies, I forgot they showed up gigantic on the nonmobile site.
[Off-topic] husam666:
A couple of photos that I'm too lazy to edit

Philadelphia University (Jordan) clouds by dashhus1, on Flickr

A foggy night by dashhus1, on Flickr
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
So nice, I stole them twice. :D

(And made the first one my wallpaper)

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[Off-topic] husam666:
awh thanks, I feel special :D :p
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
You should. :D

Snowflake liked them too.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
That looks really good!

Nice pictures dude! :good:

In the second one, i see you hung your Lunch from a tree branch. Is that to stop Bears coming into your camp? :silly:
[Off-topic] husam666:
lmao nah, people do this all the time here, they don't throw away bread, they just put it in a bag and hang it on stuff, then the rubbish truck dude comes and throw it away with everything else ._.
[Off-topic] nuuits:
Kind of embarrassed to post anything because I don't have a decent camera and well. I suck at photography. I'd much rather be editing photos in Lightroom/Raw Therapee than taking them heh heh.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Can you post a bigger version of the photo so I can see how many fibres are in one thread?
[Off-topic] nuuits:
omg sorry!

let me make that smaller oops.
[Off-topic] Thats OK:
No,

That's a sweet pic taken with what's available.

Good composition excellent focus...

I'm the one who sucks at photography...
[Off-topic] Dirk:
*Gobsmacked.

See, if you hadn't have told me that. if i had ever visited your part of the world i would have been thinking 'wtf are all these bags doing hanging in trees?'. :o
[Off-topic] undercover:
No composition or any rules or goals. Just a snap. Enjoy how beautiful mother nature can be.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Oh, might as well join in here. :)
[Off-topic] undercover:
These are beautiful! Second one is my favourite.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Not too bucking fad. ;)
[Off-topic] boborone:
Really cool man
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Would like to thank XDA member Thats OK for donating the camera to me. Can't wait to go out and shoot with it...and pretty much learn photography from the ground up again. lol
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Wow man! ThatsOK is OK!:D

Easier than it sounds, harder than it looks.
[Off-topic] boborone:
I say everyone needs to learn on film. You will finally apreciate all that digital can do now. Props to thatsok
[Off-topic] veeman:
Nice camera! I was going to buy one of those for $100 with a couple lenses.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Now I just need to get some **** done, and take an atristic self portrait in the mirror as the first shot.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Just loaded a roll of film. Need to go somewhere, so I'll try to take a few photos in the park on my way.
[Off-topic] husam666:
goddamned hipster
[Off-topic] Thats OK:
Ah dang it didn't check this thread :o

Couldn't think of a better use for the 'ole A1!

Glad it got there in good shape.

Anxious to see what a talented passionate photographer like Jaszek can do.

Cameras sure have come a long way.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Hipsters carry around film cameras, but dont use them. They don't even know how to load a roll of film.