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jsp28504 said:
I can't get on CL here at work, stupid firewalls..., to share the post, but it had a lot of fixed lenses and quite a few zoom as well as a fisheye! I couldn't play with the 10mm fisheye we had in the shop enough to get a good feel for it, but MAN! were the photos cool! I remember one time me and another airman were tasked with organizing the lens closets and we came across two very large boxes, one contained a 300mm/1.4f and the other was a 600mm/2.4f. This was right before the first airshow I was ever involved in. I begged my superintendent to use them, but he said no, they couldn't afford to replace them if we broke them. Well long story short, two years later after said super had retired, my immediate supervisor told me to pull them out, make sure they were clean and find a tripod strong enough to hold them. I called the 300mm Baby Bertha, and the 600mm Big Bertha, the names kinda stuck and man, the photos they both took were amazing!

images taken with Big Bertha
http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110417-F-XX204-108.JPG
http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110417-F-XX204-529.JPG
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/7776858_orig.jpg

I can't find any with Baby Bertha... sorry...
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Wow these are awesome!!

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jsp28504 said:
I'll check it out! The photo used in my profile picture was taken with my military camera. I use to have an iPhone 4s, loved the camera on it, but it is either lost or was stolen from my husband's van, if you saw inside, you would understand the lost or stolen thing...
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You should see the iPhone 5 camera :D Very good for a phone!

So no camera at all for you right now?
 
jsp28504 said:
I told my husband that I was secretly looking at cameras at work, so he hopped on CL last night and found a Nikon D300 with 10 different lenses, all Nikkor for less than 1k. So now we are working on saving up some money, I think we'll just buy used. I am so used to the Nikon/Nikkor lenses. I was a photographer/photojounalist in the military and Nikon is what every branch uses (with the exception of the Marines, they use Canon, since I guess they are rough on equipment.) Our office also bought all of our bags and light kits off of B&H since the gov't deemed them a reputable source. I wouldn't mind playing with a Canon since most photogs around here (Akron/Canton, Ohio) use them. If you Google my name with rank (Senior Airman Rae Perry) You won't find any pictures of me, just of photos I took. I guess I can be called a Nikon fan, but that is all I know.
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I was a Canon girl from the get go. I had a lot about 3 canon bodies (the last being one of the older Rebels, not sure when they came out with that line, but it may have been one of the first) It was kinda crappy then too, and 4 lenses. Then I got a job at our local paper and they handed me a Nikon D200 with 3 lenses. I learned how to use a Nikon and loved the difference between that and my crappy Rebel. So I was a Nikon girl for about 8 years. I ended up getting a used Nikon D2Xs along with some really nice lenses... Two years ago, I sold off all my Nikon equipment and bought an entire setup in Canon. The 7D was way less expensive but the difference in technology of 5 years made the 7D seem like it was worth a million dollars! I love it! But in the end, I would be happy with either of the 2 companies.
jsp28504 said:
I can't get on CL here at work, stupid firewalls..., to share the post, but it had a lot of fixed lenses and quite a few zoom as well as a fisheye! I couldn't play with the 10mm fisheye we had in the shop enough to get a good feel for it, but MAN! were the photos cool! I remember one time me and another airman were tasked with organizing the lens closets and we came across two very large boxes, one contained a 300mm/1.4f and the other was a 600mm/2.4f. This was right before the first airshow I was ever involved in. I begged my superintendent to use them, but he said no, they couldn't afford to replace them if we broke them. Well long story short, two years later after said super had retired, my immediate supervisor told me to pull them out, make sure they were clean and find a tripod strong enough to hold them. I called the 300mm Baby Bertha, and the 600mm Big Bertha, the names kinda stuck and man, the photos they both took were amazing!

images taken with Big Bertha
http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110417-F-XX204-108.JPG
http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110417-F-XX204-529.JPG
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/7776858_orig.jpg

I can't find any with Baby Bertha... sorry...
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Awesome shots! Love that you named your lenses. Glad I'm not the only one who names stuff like that! lol!
 
aoxa said:
You should see the iPhone 5 camera :D Very good for a phone!

So no camera at all for you right now?
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Agreed! 100% I end up taking more photos with my iPhone 5 then with my real camera. So much fun, and I love instagram!






They are all instagramed.... Im addicted. the last one was this weekend at my bro's wedding.
 
aoxa said:
You should see the iPhone 5 camera :D Very good for a phone!

So no camera at all for you right now?
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The only camera I have right now is an SLR film Minolta I picked up at a yard sale for $20. So unless you want to see photos taken from an iPhone 3 that had a "vacation" in Afghanistan for 8 months with a husband who is rough on equipment, no, I don't have a digital camera right now.
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aoxa said:
Quote: You're well on the way :) Since e^b s very recessive, it has already paired up, and should breed true. Getting homozygous Pg may take a bit longer; just keep using the girls that have the best penciling. (can't really tell on the boys, so you will probably want to keep track of which fathers produce the best penciled daughters). Consider carefully if you plan to use a really typey bird who is off in colour or pattern, and make sure that the gain is worth it.

The birds in your photos are lovely!
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