Generally speaking, the Canon EF 100mm
It would be. But the lens has some mechanical backlash problems. Let me explain backlash; if you’re not familiar with it, it takes a bit of describing.
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My A/V system has a fair amount of stuff. There’s what I call the current generation set of gear… There’s a Sony STR-DA5300ES receiver, a separate 750 watt power amp for my sub, a PS3/Blueray, an XBox360/HD-DVD, a conventional progressive scan DVD player, a Wii, a DBS/DVR, a Mac Mini and a CD/MD player. Then there is what I call the last generation set of gear, an XBox, a PS2, and a Gamecube. There are several wall warts for things like rechargeable Wii controllers, an XBox 360 wheel, a network switch, a power supply for the dish multiplexer and so on. All of this feeds an Optoma 1080p projector which has its own UPS that also runs the Mac Mini (you really don’t want a projector to suddenly lose power… the fan stops and the bulb immediately overheats, losing lifespan or even dying right there on the spot; and of course you don’t want power to a computer failing, ever.)
The wiring for all this stuff is… formidable. Prior to getting the Monster unit, there were multiple power strips and cables just everywhere. So the first thing I got out of the MP PRO 3500
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New Tee Shirts
Oct 1
Some of you may have noticed the tee shirts available at the top right of the page; these are original designs by yours truly. Purchasing them supports the site, and as a special bonus, you are almost certain to really offend someone if they look closely enough at the design. Please take a look; I struggled over these designs in my vector editing software, Intaglio, for, oh, at least a few minutes. Each!
Although the process of moving the blog was generally successful, the posts no longer reflect the number of comments made on them – although the comments are actually there. So if you want to see if anyone has commented upon a particular post, you’ll have to click on the post and scroll to the bottom. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I don’t know how to go about fixing this at this point in time.
One more little bit of weirdness is that I am now “admin” instead of “fyngyrz.” I probably just need to make another account or sign in differently. This isn’t too serious an issue.
Other than that, looks like everything made it ok. Please let me know if you find anything severely out of whack.
Both the feds and the states are prohibited from creating ex post facto law.
Adding to someone’s punishment post-conviction is explicitly ex post facto.
This is why Ohio reasons that this particular person should not have to register. They understand the constitution, and their registration law is constructed to obey it.
However, the supreme court has ruled that registration is “not punishment” (which is sophist, ridiculous and absurd, but regardless, that’s what they said.)
Consequently, any state or the feds can register anyone, for anything, pre- or post-conviction, guilty or not. Another example of just this kind of misuse of power is the no-fly list. They make the list, decide you belong on it, bingo, you’re on it, and you have no recourse.
![fyngyrz posted a photo: The map location here shows where I was when I took the photo, rather than the photo itself. I was looking west (obviously) from the north end of the church parking lot which itself is north of Bonnie Street, and south of Airport Road. I jockeyed around until I had the sun completely behind the radar housing, and then shot a few shots at different exposures, hoping that the 50D's dynamic range would catch the gradation in the sky; it did ok, but I still wish we had another couple of high quality bits of dynamic range. Maybe the next camera generation will go there. Canon EOS 50D [modified IR response in Hα range], hooded Sigma EF-S 30mm ƒ/1.4 EX DC HSM prime [ø62mm] w/B&W 62mm IR/UV cut filter #65-014691; RAW to JPEG conversion and editing in Aperture 3.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4912161604_6cd46bace2_m.jpg "fyngyrz posted a photo: The map location here shows where I was when I took the photo, rather than the photo itself. I was looking west (obviously) from the north end of the church parking lot which itself is north of Bonnie Street, and south of Airport Road. I jockeyed around until I had the sun completely behind the radar housing, and then shot a few shots at different exposures, hoping that the 50D's dynamic range would catch the gradation in the sky; it did ok, but I still wish we had another couple of high quality bits of dynamic range. Maybe the next camera generation will go there. Canon EOS 50D [modified IR response in Hα range], hooded Sigma EF-S 30mm ƒ/1.4 EX DC HSM prime [ø62mm] w/B&W 62mm IR/UV cut filter #65-014691; RAW to JPEG conversion and editing in Aperture 3.")
