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My Sigma 135-400mm lens is now on ebay, and so is the little DA 50-200. The new DA 55-300 has great optical performance, but there is one shortcoming: it autofocuses more poorly than either of the two older lenses.
Whatever, here's a picture from it.
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Leaked info on what Pentax is going to announce at Photokina in three days, besides things that have already been announced earlier ( Read more... ) -
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Visual SourceSafe's "merge" functionality is not only inadequate, it's downright dangerous. I can see why so many people say you should never use it and force everyone to use exclusive-checkout-only mode no matter how cumbersome it is. -
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Carrie Fisher knows somebody who knew W., and says he liked to go into rooms where other people were about to hold a meeting, fart, and then leaveMy DA 55-300 lens has arrived. It's sharp. It appears to capture better detail at 300mm than the Sigma 135-400 lens does at 400mm. Hence I shall be dumping the 135-400 on ebay forthwith. On the other ( Read more... ) -
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Should you be worried by recent polls showing McCain suddenly even or slightly ahead of Obama? Maybe not.
Apparently, common polling methodologies are unable to keep up with surges in newly registered voters leaning toward one party, as has happened this year ( Read more... ) -
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So in Sarah Palin, the GOP has picked someone who combines the callow unreadiness of a Dan Quayle with the cold-hearted meanness of a Dick Cheney. But she sure fires up the base with her attacks on Obama. Maybe next time they'll just go ahead and put Ann Coulter on the ticket.