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Before the trip, I bought a new lens. I had been wanting a longer lens for a while, and figured this was a good time to get one. I got a Tamron 18-270mm zoom, f3.5-6.3 with image stabilization. Previously, I had an 18-55 and a 35-75. The 35-75 covered most of my needs, but I needed longer. This new one has a better range on both ends, so I don't really need either of the old ones anymore... except for the fact that this new one is an f3.5, and is very fat. Heavy. I think the only mistake I made was leaving the 35-75 lens home. It would have been nice a couple of times, where I didn't want to lug the big lens around. I always have to keep a hand on the camera when the big lens is on it, and it's around my neck. Oh well. I'm happy with it.
I wanted image stabilization. I thought it would be a nice toy, but it was essential on this trip. I did so many indoor shots in low light, that I wouldn't have been able to get a thing without the IS (VS, whatever that stands for, on Tamrons). Also, this Tamron had a wider aperture range than the comparable Canon, which I almost got, so that helped too.
I shot 1031 pictures with my big camera (the Canon Rebel XTi). Between Cyn and me, we shot 528 pics with the little camera (Canon PowerShot SD850). And four videos on that one. I had to upload the photos from the card to my mp3 player every couple of days, and then I moved them from there to the laptop. Shooting in dual format (large size, and also RAW) tends to fill up an 8GB card fairly quickly. The laptop has a slot for the card from the little camera, so that was less work. I had to empty that card halfway through the week, but it had pictures from the last few months.
Late friday night, I was transferring the pics from the mp3 player to the computer, when I shut the cover to the laptop. I was going to bed, and it was very late, so I didn't figure out what would happen. The computer went into hibernation mode, mid-transfer. When I got up an hour later, the mp3 player was still on, and it was locked up. I unplugged it, and hoped for the battery to run down by morning. It didn't. When I mentioned this to Donna, she said you couldn't have a running electronic device on a plane during takeoff. I popped the battery off. When I replaced it, the player would not start up. This is not good. This is an expensive player. However, it turned out that the files did transfer, so I did not lose any photos in it. I would have lost pics from the Alhambra, so this is a very good thing.
Anyway, with all these pics in various places, it took a while to get them rounded up and transferred to my computer. I'm having trouble networking with Cyn's computer, so I'm having to transfer the pics to her computer via cards, so it's taking a while. Did I mention these are big files?
Once I got the files on my computer, I started developing them. I've got three done so far. And now I'm going to bed.
I wanted image stabilization. I thought it would be a nice toy, but it was essential on this trip. I did so many indoor shots in low light, that I wouldn't have been able to get a thing without the IS (VS, whatever that stands for, on Tamrons). Also, this Tamron had a wider aperture range than the comparable Canon, which I almost got, so that helped too.
I shot 1031 pictures with my big camera (the Canon Rebel XTi). Between Cyn and me, we shot 528 pics with the little camera (Canon PowerShot SD850). And four videos on that one. I had to upload the photos from the card to my mp3 player every couple of days, and then I moved them from there to the laptop. Shooting in dual format (large size, and also RAW) tends to fill up an 8GB card fairly quickly. The laptop has a slot for the card from the little camera, so that was less work. I had to empty that card halfway through the week, but it had pictures from the last few months.
Late friday night, I was transferring the pics from the mp3 player to the computer, when I shut the cover to the laptop. I was going to bed, and it was very late, so I didn't figure out what would happen. The computer went into hibernation mode, mid-transfer. When I got up an hour later, the mp3 player was still on, and it was locked up. I unplugged it, and hoped for the battery to run down by morning. It didn't. When I mentioned this to Donna, she said you couldn't have a running electronic device on a plane during takeoff. I popped the battery off. When I replaced it, the player would not start up. This is not good. This is an expensive player. However, it turned out that the files did transfer, so I did not lose any photos in it. I would have lost pics from the Alhambra, so this is a very good thing.
Anyway, with all these pics in various places, it took a while to get them rounded up and transferred to my computer. I'm having trouble networking with Cyn's computer, so I'm having to transfer the pics to her computer via cards, so it's taking a while. Did I mention these are big files?
Once I got the files on my computer, I started developing them. I've got three done so far. And now I'm going to bed.
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Date: 2009-10-26 09:29 am (UTC)From:What size (resolution) were you shooting?
I hope your player can be resuscitated. I really liked it and was thinking of getting something similar.
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Date: 2009-10-26 05:24 pm (UTC)From:The mp3 player is pricey, but it's nice. It has a nice big viewscreen (it's made for watching movies). It has more memory than you could ever need (unless you store a lot of movies). It's got a port for a CF card, and a USB connection. It doesn't use the proprietary iPod software, so it's really easy to put files on it. I can carry it in my pocket, and I can show pics to people, when I don't have the laptop along. And it can be plugged into a TV for a slidshow.
It didn't occur to me until after we got home, that the card on my camera still had all of my pics from our Lansing visit. I could have showed you those. It would have taken about three hours to show you all my pics from this week, though.
It also didn't occur to me until the end of our flight, that Cindy and I could have been watching a slideshow of all our pics from this trip, on our laptop. That would have kept us occupied for a few hours.
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Date: 2009-10-26 02:37 pm (UTC)From:one of the things i like about olympus is that the IS is in the body of the camera, so the lenses are cheaper and lighter.
bummer about the mp3 player. i have been plagued with problems on my stand-alone drive for photos too.
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Date: 2009-10-26 05:18 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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