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Well at least it's been one of those seasons where I can say I enjoyed everyone I rode with and nearly every ride I went on... including the trackday.

Yeah but at least it isn't like bringing back a dead thread. It can be kept interesting to those that want to post.

off-roading noobs!

I'm going to have to find some of the old ones to post again. Gonna have to add some of my other favorite women this time around though.

Thanks for all the work getting OR back up Ben!

Damn what was she thinking?

Yeah but you certainly started it off with a killer pick of her.

We have season passes at Perfect North so we'll be down that way at least once a week. Kids love 7 Spring and we have heard great things about PKnPK.

it was originally a Dayton thread. It'll never be the same.

that Ollama one cracks me up every time.

The Sony Alpha's are good cameras. They are actually the old Minolta. You aren't going to have much to chose from used though and the better lenses are more expensive and not on par with Canon and Nikon higher-end lenses. They are (basically) the first though to put "steady-shake" on a DSLR. There's much debate on which is better to have it on, camera or lens. To most novice shooters though I don't think it matters which. Photo forums, CL, there are a ton of online stores that sell new and used. BH Photo, Adorama...

Get back to me when you can not leap to illogical conclusions through the use of false premises. My comment on anti-immigrants and Al Sharpton style tactics is in direct response to this from the article, "many anti-immigrant groups and conservative bloggers called for a boycott of Tyson" The article doesn't say millions of protesters spoke out against Tysons. It makes the specific point of stating anti-immigrant groups and conservative bloggers. You sound like an isolationist more than anything I think. This country was built on immigration and migration. A part of that is a "melting pot" of different cultures and customs. No one called for a changing of law. No one removed Labor Day from Tysons' calendar. To be a patriot is to question. Otherwise you are just a sheep. Guess where this quote is from. Have you sworn it? I have. "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

40D is great choice...of course my opinion is slightly biased See if they have a vertical grip where ever you go that they can put on for you so you can get a feel for it. I never take mine off and have had one on every camera I get now. and don't buy extra batteries at the store, order them from here: SterlingTek

to the board.

Honestly B&H Photo have the best reputation in the US as a retailer. The customer service is fantastic. Think of the medium format camera to being like the super expensive MotoGP bike compared to the 600rr stock for certain applications. The medium format cameras have much larger films so the quality of the image is much better than that of 35mm equivalents. A lot of fashion and high end glamour photographers shoot with medium format. I'm sure a few have gotten a bj from an aspiring model if that helps justify the price at all.

You're right. I wasn't even going to respond except it was at least the second same type response he's made to one of my comments recently. My original response was actually a rather large rant about logical fallacies constantly used in these types of discussions, the ad-hominem response and not lowering myself to the same, but then I said ahhhh screw it, here you go...

Absolutely agree, but I'd even go so far as saying I think Christmas Day should be removed as a federal holiday. They could create a Winter Holiday a few days earlier to coincide with winter solstice if they really wanted instead.

Fuck off.

You gonna have enough room in that trailer for all these bikes?

It's a medium format camera Different ballgame altogether than what you are looking to get.

The XSi and XTi both(as well as the 40D) support EF and EF-S mounts. Most lenses are EF mount with a handful of EF-S mount lenses. A majority of the EF-S mount lenses available are wide angle which is kind of the purpose of the EF-S mount. With the modern canons the only real problem you run into is trying to use an EF-S mount on a 1.3 crop (1D-MK II, 1D-MK III) or full frame camera(5D, 1Ds-MK II, 1Ds-MK III). The XTi, XSi, 40D... are APS-C sized sensors with a 1.6 crop factor. For a long time Nikon was trailing Canon in the D-SLR area mostly due to low light and high ISO performance. They have made good leaps with their latest D300 and D3 releases. For what it's worth Canon lenses and gear are easier to find used and in good condition.