Thank you Terry.
I wanted to try out a new toy and the weather was good and simply didn't intend to shoot indoors so didn't want to make more then nesacary, even the zoo didn't knew before friday they had a little baby

next time I take the monopod with my, I normally do except this time.
It's the same as seeing the most extraordinary thing and you didn't brought the camera with you

All the others were shot with the TC I had it for free from Kriss and wanted to try it out, some photos came out fair enough like the elephant but yes it does lack some punch.
The TC won't be used so often as I wanted to do after seeing the result on the computer, certainly the bokeh isn't nice. It does doubles the magnification of the macro lens so will use it for that from now on.

This one was taken 2 month before these


Model: PENTAX K10D
Shutter Speed: 1/40 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Much better don't you think?
I've redone that shot a month ago but still need to upload them

With lightroom I can chose my own metadata information, I've now set it so that it includes my name and other thins but you can make more presets if you want and you can set custom naming of the file.

Maybe you can also do it with the Adobe DNG converter link
I've no need for it so didn't try it

Well the music CD's you buy at a shop do last that long since they arent burned.

About how long DVD will last, it depends on the sealing method, reflective layer, organic dye makeup, where it was manufactured, and your storage practices. if you keep all media out of direct sunlight, in a nice cool dry dark place, in acid-free plastic containers; this will triple the lifetime of any media.
Normall DVD's will last from 30 to 100 years and rewritable up to 30 years. Also DVD+R will last longer then DVD-R because of technical reasons, error correction, ‘wobble’ tracking and the data writing method is inferior compared to DVD+R

But if you rewrite a rewritable they will wear down so they last no as long.

The Taiyo Yuden ‘Super Cyanine’ DVDs are considered the best for long storage because of there chemical stability. THey sell them under another brand and these are the brands link
I've verbatim and they still look very pretty if compared to some very cheap DVDs I've.

ps. the last part was copy and paste since we already had this discusion 1 month ago link

The AF does his metering through the lens, since a TC disperse the light and adds some extra glass to go through the AF has a very hard time.
An 2x tc disperse the light/image with a lost of 2 stops but a 1.5x disperse the light less resulting in a 1 stop of light lost.
I believe the AF needs atleast f6.7 or f8 to really work reliable, it also depends on the subject and the amount of light of course.

edit:typo

welcome to the forum

you cant go wrong with any macro lens, the tamron is also a good one I've been told.

Welcome and happy belated easter

Atleast do it not to often, it will rewrite your whole card and since they "only" last several thousands of rewrites. I will do it monthly or so.

You can see it as renewing your bookshelf, by throwing away every book and your old bookshelf and place a fresh new one.

What other word would you have for bokeh?
Unsharpness, blur, fuzzy, out of focus, it just doesn't sound as a good thing while with bokeh you think about something positive.
A good bokeh is also very smooth and as least distracting as possible and emphasizing the subject.

You're indeed right that you didn't heared it in the "old days" since the word didn't excist before 1996

Well you asked for it but indeed I will get it down for you, sorry

I uploaded the base since someone can see if it's interesting or not so that they don't need to download a 10mb file without knowing what they will get.

If you open it in a raw converter you get to see the file with the cameras preset so why not?