Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[The enD 467]

Маtt, when are you going to put an avatar?

[dem beats 1,223]

Маtt, when are you going to put an avatar?

It didn't work?????

You mentioned it before and I thought it got fixed. My haterade bottle is no more.

I'll get on it during the next 2 days. My "weekend".

[dem beats 1,223]

Speaking of.... Sean, free up an afternoon for lunch and/brewskies?

I have enough dick picks with the 50mm to last me for a while.

OOF blur makes it look bigger.

[///M5 2,833]

Speaking of.... Sean, free up an afternoon for lunch and/brewskies?

I have enough dick picks with the 50mm to last me for a while.

OOF blur makes it look bigger.

What days are you off? Not sure I can squeak out for "drinks" but lunch for sure.

Glad you can flatter yourself.

[dem beats 1,223]

Ladies love that artsy crap.

Wednesday and Thursday.

[dem beats 1,223]

I really have to thank you. It has been awesome being able to use the 50mm.

Ultra fun.

[///M5 2,833]

Shoot anything worth sharing?

[///M5 2,833]

Wed - my lunch is pretty open, could squeak out for an hour or two.

Thur - I have a noon meeting with General Motors I cannot miss, but it should be done by 1:30.

Short on time a bit this week as next week I travel and the following the boss stays here at the house. Getting things in order so that when 6 colleagues tromp through the doors for our meetings it looks good here

[///M5 2,833]

REALLY contemplating grabbing a 17-55 Canon or the 17-50 Sigma.

Mostly curious on how much the autofocus noise affects video.

[dem beats 1,223]

Yikes you are busy. Either day is good for me, and if you need some help with anything.

I got you Hommie.

[dem beats 1,223]

REALLY contemplating grabbing a 17-55 Canon or the 17-50 Sigma.

Mostly curious on how much the autofocus noise affects video.

I WILL make the 70-200 my next lens. IS 2.8 ii probably.

It makes up too much for my low skills. It is portrait worth, crisp as all hell, and works for wildlife and mates with their extenders to be a real powerful took for nature. It does too much of what I want so well.

I could handle a wedding with that lens. Enough to make the money I spent on it if I ever cared too.

The next would be a shorter zoom like you are looking at.

[dem beats 1,223]

REALLY contemplating grabbing a 17-55 Canon or the 17-50 Sigma.

Mostly curious on how much the autofocus noise affects video.

The STM motor is silent Sean. I mean SILENT.

NO NOISE.

It makes the USM on the 50 sound like a jet enjine. For video it can't be beat despite the high F. I will see if I can scratch up some video for you.

[Godsmack 361]

Thinking about buying the white househttp://www.edinarealty.com/homes-for-sale/MN/Minnetrista/55364/3860-County-Road-44-90369911

 

 

Lots of low ceilings and WTF is with the laminate counter tops?

 

So much for downsizing.

Ha, right.

 

There is actually a 2200sq ft guest house on the back side of the garage.  It would give me instant babysitters as I could get my parents to move in there.  If it weren't for that and the huge potential to make $$ by fixing the houses layout I'd prefer to downsize.

 

In that house though we'd end up with an 1800sq ft Master suite & office with HUGE lake views.  The kitchen and great room would be of similar size and the basement walkout/party room to the lake as well.  Add the MIL suite and we could live there for a while.

From the picture the 'bar' at least needs no work.

J

[Godsmack 361]

Interview here in a few hours with Staples, DoD on thursday.

Found out I did not get the second interview with DirectTV's sales department, which I find kind of odd as I felt like I nailed the interview, and she sounded extremely interested in hiring me.

J

[The enD 467]

Be sure to spread your arms and legs.

[///M5 2,833]

REALLY contemplating grabbing a 17-55 Canon or the 17-50 Sigma.

Mostly curious on how much the autofocus noise affects video.

The STM motor is silent Sean. I mean SILENT.

NO NOISE.

It makes the USM on the 50 sound like a jet enjine. For video it can't be beat despite the high F. I will see if I can scratch up some video for you.

And my concern is that next year Canon updates the now 7 yr old 17-55 with an STM

[///M5 2,833]

Thinking about buying the white househttp://www.edinarealty.com/homes-for-sale/MN/Minnetrista/55364/3860-County-Road-44-90369911

 

 

Lots of low ceilings and WTF is with the laminate counter tops?

 

So much for downsizing.

Ha, right.

 

There is actually a 2200sq ft guest house on the back side of the garage.  It would give me instant babysitters as I could get my parents to move in there.  If it weren't for that and the huge potential to make $$ by fixing the houses layout I'd prefer to downsize.

 

In that house though we'd end up with an 1800sq ft Master suite & office with HUGE lake views.  The kitchen and great room would be of similar size and the basement walkout/party room to the lake as well.  Add the MIL suite and we could live there for a while.

From the picture the 'bar' at least needs no work.

J

The bar will become the Master Bedroom if we buy that house. Bye bye bar.

[shizzzon 461]

Interview here in a few hours with Staples, DoD on thursday.

Found out I did not get the second interview with DirectTV's sales department, which I find kind of odd as I felt like I nailed the interview, and she sounded extremely interested in hiring me.

J

 

 

That's the thing that sucks..  Sometimes you may appear too good for the job and they may be afraid you would not stay because the labor there may not challenge your skills.

[dem beats 1,223]

REALLY contemplating grabbing a 17-55 Canon or the 17-50 Sigma.

Mostly curious on how much the autofocus noise affects video.

The STM motor is silent Sean. I mean SILENT.

NO NOISE.

It makes the USM on the 50 sound like a jet enjine. For video it can't be beat despite the high F. I will see if I can scratch up some video for you.

And my concern is that next year Canon updates the now 7 yr old 17-55 with an STM

...they have one now I think.

Mine is 17-135 I think. Unless you are thinking a better and lower F version of the STM, then who knows.

[///M5 2,833]

REALLY contemplating grabbing a 17-55 Canon or the 17-50 Sigma.

Mostly curious on how much the autofocus noise affects video.

The STM motor is silent Sean. I mean SILENT.

NO NOISE.

It makes the USM on the 50 sound like a jet enjine. For video it can't be beat despite the high F. I will see if I can scratch up some video for you.

And my concern is that next year Canon updates the now 7 yr old 17-55 with an STM

...they have one now I think.

Mine is 17-135 I think. Unless you are thinking a better and lower F version of the STM, then who knows.

Yours doesn't use L glass elements and have a constant 2.8 throughout the range though.

Might make more sense to buy the Sigma 17-50 now and update if that happens later.

[dem beats 1,223]

If it's for video I would get the Canon with higher F and save$$$. If you wanna do stills, the sigma is probably a good choice.

The better glass elements won't help at all with video. It all downscales, and the image quality for video in these things is less than the glass quality in a coke bottle.

The 2.8 would be a huge help in outdoor night stuff. The 5.5f on mine is good enough to take good video by firelight and a dim lamp. The IS is also a boon.

[///M5 2,833]

Most of my pictures are shot below 70mm which means the 17-55 would be an ideal "most of the time lens". I'd sell my 18-270 and then get a 70-200 of some type to mate with it.

Would leave me with:

11-16 2.8, 17-55 2.8 IS, 50 1.4, 70-200 ??

Add a teleconverter and BAM!

[///M5 2,833]

Boo, CD's from Amazon arrived and one of them looks fuxored.

[dem beats 1,223]

Boo, CD's from Amazon arrived and one of them looks fuxored.

Bastards!!!!

[dem beats 1,223]

Most of my pictures are shot below 70mm which means the 17-55 would be an ideal "most of the time lens". I'd sell my 18-270 and then get a 70-200 of some type to mate with it.

Would leave me with:

11-16 2.8, 17-55 2.8 IS, 50 1.4, 70-200 ??

Add a teleconverter and BAM!

Sounds pretty perfect. Do you use the 11-16 much?