General Photography

**bwana** · 13-11-2008 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by mercurial

Lol bwana. Better not let your wife see this list

the kids may be hungry but they're extremely well photographed - I'm sure she'll understand . . . .

**mercurial** · 13-11-2008 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by bwana

the kids may be hungry but they're extremely well photographed - I'm sure she'll understand . . . .

ROFL

**mandana** · 13-11-2008 08:19 AM

do we have a thread in this forum for tutorials on various subjects? ie hdr how-to's, nifty tricks in photoshop etc... (i didnt even know what hdr was untill a week ago)

there is so much i have to learn about d-SLR photography not to mention the image processing side of things. i know my way around basic photoshop but learning more and about other imaging software wont hurt....

any links will do... thanx

**mercurial** · 13-11-2008 09:38 PM

Do you guys think I should wait until there are potential Xmas specials to buy the DSLR? Would there be any pricecuts? Just wondering whether I should order now or later...

**koffiejunkie** · 13-11-2008 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by mercurial

Do you guys think I should wait until there are potential Xmas specials to buy the DSLR? Would there be any pricecuts? Just wondering whether I should order now or later...

I think it's likely to get more expensive. Stuff gets imported in USD, which got stronger.

**BigAl-sa** · 14-11-2008 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by koffiejunkie

I think it's likely to get more expensive. Stuff gets imported in USD, which got stronger.

Agree about the price increase. AFAIK, Canon and Nikon stuffies here are priced from Euro as we are serviced by Canon & Nikon in Europe (doesn't really matter as the Euro has also taken a dive against USD

).

**bwana** · 14-11-2008 06:39 AM

Prices . . I'm hoping for some spectacular Black Friday specials.

**mandana** · 14-11-2008 06:54 AM

*wonders when black friday is....

morning everyone

guys here is my question of the day...

when concidering buying a demo camera... what should you be looking out for? what questions do you ask? what needs to be checked etc... and whats the difference between a demo model and a 2nd hand unit?

*pours the coffee and waits.

**bwana** · 14-11-2008 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by mandana

*wonders when black friday is....

morning everyone

guys here is my question of the day...

when concidering buying a demo camera... what should you be looking out for? what questions do you ask? what needs to be checked etc... and whats the difference between a demo model and a 2nd hand unit?

*pours the coffee and waits.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when the xmas shopping season generally begins. Its generally utter chaos in the retail stores because there are massive sales.

EDIT - imo there isnt much of a difference between second hand and demo.

**BigAl-sa** · 14-11-2008 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by mandana

when concidering buying a demo camera... what should you be looking out for? what questions do you ask? what needs to be checked etc... and whats the difference between a demo model and a 2nd hand unit?

Demo should mean it's never been out the shop, and all and sundry could fiddle with it, and you have no idea how many pics have been taken. Second hand means someone has owned it, and you have no idea how he or she treated it, and you have no idea how many pics have been taken.

**koffiejunkie** · 14-11-2008 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by mandana

when concidering buying a demo camera... what should you be looking out for? what questions do you ask? what needs to be checked etc... and whats the difference between a demo model and a 2nd hand unit?

Take a few pictures in the shop to see that it generally works. Make sure you get a money back guarantee, so that you can take it back if you discover deeper problems later. Ask for at least two weeks (and make sure you shoot the living daylights out of it in those two weeks).

I bought the Pentax as a demo - turned out to be a very nice deal.

Originally Posted by bwana

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when the xmas shopping season generally begins. Its generally utter chaos in the retail stores because there are massive sales.

So called because for a lot of shops it's the day that they go from being in the red to being in the black (credit/debit).

**bwana** · 14-11-2008 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by koffiejunkie

So called because for a lot of shops it's the day that they go from being in the red to being in the black (credit/debit).

The term originated in Philly, Pa - something to do with the traffic.

**koffiejunkie** · 14-11-2008 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by bwana

The term originated in Philly, Pa - something to do with the traffic.

Oh? I didn't know that! Care to elaborate?

**bwana** · 14-11-2008 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by koffiejunkie

Oh? I didn't know that! Care to elaborate?

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Origin of the name "Black Friday"

The earliest uses of "Black Friday" come from or reference Philadelphia and refer to the heavy traffic on that day, an implicit comparison to the extremely stressful and chaotic experience of Black Tuesday (the 1929 stock-market crash). The earliest known reference to "Black Friday" (in this sense), found by Bonnie Taylor-Blake of the American Dialect Society, refers to Black Friday 1965 and makes the Philadelphia origin explicit:
JANUARY 1966 -- "Black Friday" is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment to them. "Black Friday" officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to closing.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...lack_Friday.22