Out and about yesterday.

First image is of this Bass player, around 80 years old, on oxygen the whole time he was performing with a Piano player at a restaurant we had lunch at. The guy is an amazing Bass player. Talk about dedication. (The guy was not posing when I took the shot.)
The place was not lit that well. K10D. Tamron 18-250mm. pop-up flash. RAW. Aperture 2.1.

Second image is of a cat sitting inside a closed store, way back from window.
Image was almost totally black when I opened it in Aperture 2.1. Thanks to shooting in RAW it didn't turn out too bad. K10D. Tamron 18-250mm. Raw.

C & C welcome.

RAG.

The tune came to mind as I took shots of this cute dog hanging out of the window of an apartment located over a Spanish restaurant. Scoping out everything going on downtown.

K10D, 18-250mm Tamron. Minor adjustments with Aperture 2.1. Weather overcast.
Location. McMinnville, Oregon USA. Sunday 27th 2008.

RAG.

These shots were taken yesterday at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm located in Woodburn, Oregon, USA.

Very overcast day, wind.

K10D. Sigma EX 24-70mm Lens. Shot RAW. Minor adjustments with Aperture 2.1.

Enjoy.

RAG.

hefty1

I turn out at all times, day and night any weather.

Strange as it may seem I have never been caught in heavy rain. With light rain I just wipe the lens off after each shot and hold camera pointing down between shots. Keep meaning to purchase one of those camera/lens covers,
will probably do just that before next Winter.

Actually I have had my camera's/lenses get wetter from fire hose spray. I am so busy taking shots I sometimes may be standing in the wrong place. If they are directing water over a structure and I don't see it coming, I get very wet.

Thanks for the compliment.

RAG.

Mannesty

Believe you are making the right choice. The lens is a great performer, I think you will be very happy with it.

RAG

Selection of images from head on car crash with injuries last Saturday.

Occupants of both cars transported to hospital. Truck was in wrong place at the wrong time waiting at stop sign, one car spun around after first impact and hit the truck, occupant unhurt.

I took over 100 shots with K10D and Tamron 18-250mm lens.
Camera was set on Auto and RAW.
Minor adjustments in Aperture 2.1.

Very surprised camera did such a good job in Auto, as it was a very hot, bright day with lots of flare.

Auto setting and one lens sure made my job a lot easier as I don't like to change camera settings when shooting these incidents. I may miss a shot doing so.

Many of the shots are graphic, so will not publish on this site.

Just thought some of you may want to see what this camera and lens is capable of in these fast changing situations.

RAG.

In the May issue of PC Photo is a full inside cover add spread across onto the next page showing the Pentax K20D and the K200D.

This space is usually occupied by Epson.

Nice to see a very catchy and clever Pentax Add.

Things seemingly are on the right track.

RAG.

Don,

I have been waiting to use Aperture again until I received the 4GB Ram I ordered, which I installed today.

Did the update and tried it out, works great now with this new 24" iMac. (If you remember had all kinds of problems with my other iMac)

Actually the Aperture tech rep called me back the other day and informed me they had tried to re-create the problems on half a dozen G5's and could not duplicate the things I had going on.

Was very surprised I got the call, at least Apple appears to be on the ball and listening to customers.

RAG.

Well I bit the bullet and purchased a iMac 24"

I got it from the Apple On Line Store. Refurbished for $1499.00, the deal is hard to beat with free shipping, same warranty as new. Comes with Leopard installed.
Also ordered 4GB Ram from Crucial, on sale for $93.99 with free shipping.

The rep told me 90% of returns are less than 2 weeks old and have nothing wrong with them. Ones that do have problems are restored to factory specs. He said when I open the box I will not be able to tell the difference from new.

Thanks for all the help.

RAG.

Thanks guys.

All that info is just what I was looking for, the pros and cons on the tech side of both systems.

Great stuff, I learned a lot.

Believe I will be staying with Mac.

Really appreciate the time most of you took to explain the issues.

Thanks,

RAG.

Don.

No way do I want to start an argument.

Just trying to get a feel on use of both systems by photographers. Most on the Photo Forums appear to use PC's. I don't know if this is due to cost, features, or availability of lots of software.

I do have some friends (not photographers) who seem to believe Mac users are in some kind of cult. Odd for someone who has one PC Laptop and two older PC Desktops and one iMac.

Must admit I am leaning towards the new iMac 24"

We shall see.

Thanks, RAG.