Evan's photography phun (2 Viewers)

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I got a new tri-pod, a tulip shroud, and a solid shroud, and a .45 wide angle adapter. The solid shroud has not shown up yet. A friend of mine sent me a $50.00 gift certificate and I used all of it. I ended up three dollars over.

 

[evangilder]

I have bought quite a few things on Amazon. I was hoping not to re-buy something I already have. I looked inside the lens yesterday and the glass is all good, but the aperture is completely broken. Doesn't look good, but Nikon service has surprised me before.

 

[GrauGeist]

Hope they can R&R the innards, Eric...

 

[evangilder]

Bad news/good news on the lens. The bad news is it looks like $250-350 for repair. The good news is the repair center is walking distance from my office. I have to wait for some incoming invoices to cover the expense, but I think it's worth getting repaired. The lens, which is still under warranty was $750 new.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent news!!!!!

 

[Gnomey]

Good to hear Eric. It being under warranty doesn't reduce the costs of the repair does it as it was dropped? I know with my iPhone warranty most things were covered except if the damage was the obviously the result of being dropped/immersed etc which as it happens seems to be the main way I damage the stupid thing (dropped it last week onto asphalt and it cracked the screen, haven't yet got around to coughing up the money to repair it).

 

[GrauGeist]

Glad to hear they can fix it...$750 is alot to shell out for a replacement!

Plus, you have been working with this lens for a while, and know how it "feels"...definately worth saving for that price!

 

[ontos]

Wow, Eric those shots look great. The water shots look cool. The back yard holds many good opportunities for photography.

 

[Shinpachi]

Right. So Excellent skill I have been losing my words.
They are so vivid, Eric!

 

[evangilder]

Thanks guys. I got the lens back in time for the T-34 event and it is working like a champ. $180 total to fix it and it's good as new again

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Hey, that came out cheaper than expected. That's always a good thing and the fact it's working properly is great to!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Shinpachi]

Congrats!

 

[evangilder]

Been a while since I have been on. My work blackberry crapped out on me, so they upgraded me to an iphone. I have played around a little with the on-board camera, which is pretty good for a cell phone camera. My wife bought some monster strawberries last week. Some of you guys have seen these photos on my facebook page.

 

[GrauGeist]

Neat photos, Eric! It's amazing how much quality the phones have nowdays when compared to the P&S cameras just a few years ago.

And she sure looks like she's having fun with that monster strawberry! Man, I sure miss the fresh strawberry stands down there (always at the edge of the strawberry fields...didn't get any fresher than that)...

 

[rochie]

Jeez Eric, i could make a whole dessert out of that strawberry !

a little early for me to be useing stawberries at work yet though

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots Eric! The iPhone camera isn't too bad and you can get some nice shots with it. The Photoshop express app is also useful to assist in this...

 

[RabidAlien]

Dang, man....those strawberries come from Japan or something? Nice pics, though, for a cellphone camera.

 

[evangilder]

Cheers guys. We have had a ton of rain this year and I think that has lead to the monster strawberries. Karl, you would have enough to feed an army!

 

[Wayne Little]

Strewth!