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$5, plus $3 shipping.

Try a google for “infamous woot letter”. Some people have gotten entire pallets of coffeemakers, or DVD/VCR combos, or children’s toys… One guy got a 32″ LCD TV and another got a 65″ LCD TV.

One poor bastard got two entire pallets of car wax.

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Rapid fire, hold ’till buffer full. Repeat. And best-guestimations as to where and when the next strike would be. Before I realized that rapid fire was faster in jpeg only than RAW, I missed a LOT of fast strikes where I had the when/where figured properly, but it hit in between shutter fires.

Yep. I used to do that, until I realized that I was blowing through 500-1000 shutter clicks for any particular “keeper” in the series, so I built the trigger.

Like this one:

The Arduino trigger has certainly made that sort of shot a LOT easier for me… but I do lose quite a bit of the arborization in the main strike unless I get really lucky.

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Oh yeah? Well, I got this while driving.

Video capture or what?

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I hope the wife is pleasantly surprised when she finds out you’re pregnant….

Oh, that’s her stick – you don’t think *I* peed on a pink plastic thing, do you?

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Congrats on both counts! Is this your first?

Yep. First.

I’m still a little dazed.

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Wow, caradoc, that would be awesome to have! *yet another thing to save up for.*

…or just build. The Camera Axe is an open-source project – and my lightning trigger is based on a very early design in that project.

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…possibly even stepping into the 21st century and finally picking up an arduino unit.

The Arduino is simply one of the coolest gadgets I’ve had a chance to play with in the last two years.

Check out the Camera Axe projects. All Arduino-based.

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I’m looking forward to the production shoot – so I get to include the set, and not just the promotional shots of the actors/actresses.

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You do excellent portraits. Just saying. “The Vibrator Play”? Bwah-ha-ha!!!

Thank you! Yes. The “The Vibrator Play.”

(New photo credit from yesterday.)

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Are the non-Nikkor brands (Sigma and Tamron) comparable in quality?

I was looking at the Nikon 85mm and the Nikon 105mm, but had to compromise… so I ended up with the Tamron 90mm f/2.8.

Love it.

The most recent model of the Tamron 90mm has a built-in AF motor, too, so it’ll work on any Nikon DSLR.

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I’m hoping for good storms this afternoon into tonight, and possibly more tomorrow.

The monsoon may be over, but it’s been a weird year.

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Whee!

Arizona Highways liked one.

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…and they’re officially posted now.

One of my favorites that didn’t get used:

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You had me at “Big, Gay Dance Party”.

*swoon*

I guess you missed “The Play About the Naked Guy.”

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Thanks, chupathingie!

I’ve got shoots lined up for a number of… “interesting” shows from a couple of venues:

Enrique Urueta’s “Learn To Be Latina,” Aaron Loeb’s “Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party,” and Josh Kornbluth’s “Andy Warhol: Good For the Jews?” should all prove to be quite eye-opening, I think.

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