Dante74

Looks kinda like Stargate Voyager.

So, is it just me or is anyone else here wondering if they've opened a discussion about us discussing their site discussing our site?

Told ya!

I was taught at an elite business school to never ever apologize, and always find a way to blame others.

Well it's easy then, we can all just blame EXO!

Gotta love how almost everyone here, that got banned somewhere, thinks its some mod's or other member's fault but never their own.

BTW: Never been banned from anywhere, but I think I was close to maybe getting a temp ban here for starting the Zardoz incident.

That's a CG pic. Look at the not so seamless ground texture.

Whoa! 5D mkII!

Congrats Vegas!

damn. Just. damn!

What he said!

OMG, neat!

I don't get to follow the show as regularly as I'd like, but I almost hate it that they've revealed who the mighty Stig is, now.

Part of the fun was wondering just who this well-nigh-invincible God of the tarmac was.

slight bit of a bummer; almost like if Snoopy finally got the Red Baron, or Wile E. Coyote caught the Roadrunner.

Word is it's just a publicity thing. 'Der Schumi' was still driving F1 when the last Stig jumped off the carrier and was replaced with the current one.

I think I like your idea. Something that is still quite cheap but functional. Cause then it's worth buying that on top of your current desktop.

Just got my 3 Samsung monitors today. They dropped the price cause a new model is coming out. WOOT!

Also got my 7.1 Surround Sound Headphones from Logitech. YEAH BABY

I demand pics of your setup!

***GETS A MOP***

Hmmm......

Not that good for my computer.

Nevermind that stupid performance score. I got a 5.8 with a 2.83 GHz Q9550, 8 gigs DDR2 RAM, a 150 Gb Raptor 10.000 RPM HD and a 512 Mb Quadro FX3700 all of which is way slower than your monster system. Does it run apps and games at speeds you want them too? If it does, screw the performance index.

Congrats on the new cam! What lens is that? Looks a lot like a EFS 17-85 but the red dot tells me it has an EF mount.

That is one sweet rig you got there!

Wanna trade? You can check what you'll be getting on page one of this thread.

Two 295s?

When you switch on your pc, do the light levels in your town go down for a couple of seconds?

I used to have a USB wireless card (D-link DWL-AG132) and it sucked! It disconnected for no apperent reason every couple of hours. Damn thing cost me the company I work for € 80!

Nothing beats a wired gigabit network.

Forgot to mention -- nice composition. I'm just thinking it would be better if you could have taken 2 or 3 steps to the left. Something about the rear car's wheel arc being visible feels right to me.

Lol! I did take a pic like that but the big a$$ Dutch license plate on the Lambo screwed up the whole shot.

I would've asked the owner to move it back a little, but he had blown up the engine just a half hour before I took the pic and wasn't in too good a mood.

Thanks for the info in that Bizzarini! Now that you mention it, it does share some lines with the GTO.

Got an all acces pass to go to an Italian car event yesterday and thought I'd share some pics.

Some old Maserati. Don't know what type.

Ferrari 512 BB made into an endurance racer by N.A.R.T. (North American Racing Team)

308 Chassis used as a testing platform for F40 technology. IIRC only three were made. Very VERY loud and very VERY ugly as seen below.

Classic Lambo.

Ferrari 275 GT

Classic Alfo Romeo...I think.

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I also got to join the pacecar-driver in his Audi S4 Quatro for a few laps. Dang those S4s go fast! Now I understand why they put bucket seats in those things. The guy doesn't have to pay the bill if he wrecks the car so he doesn't feel like he has to be extra carefull going around the track. Those boys really push those cars to their limits, we were overtaking all the exotics and watching the faces of the other drivers while we were doing it was loads of fun!

Here's a pic of the Italian car event I got to go to yesterday.

I'll post some more in the car thread later.

LOL! Looks like we all play around with settings every now and then.

BTW. I was in the passenger seat when I took this pic.

I haven't checked this thread in a while. Good thing I came back here today or I would've missed these pics.

Awesome!

i love my 24-70. its now sharper after i had it calibrated at canon

see sample. this was shot wide open and out of the camera with no editing just resized and watermarked.

Yeah, she's a realy beaut, and the girl and half bad either.

yes...hopefully soon. after that ill get the highly regarded 70-200 F2.8 IS in probably in 1 to 2 years time

Which reminds me..I haven't shown off my baby yet.

Get the 70-200 before going full frame. With Canon's 1.6x crop factor you'll have a 112-320 mm which you'll probably preffer to use on the 450D anyway, even when owning a full frame body.

my non macross toy collection

Drooool!

May I ask why you went with the 17-40? a 16-35 will give you wider angle and less overlap with the 24-70.

*checks prices*...never mind.

I managed to arrange a VIP pass to a trackday with Italian sportscars for next monday. I should be able to get some nice shots there.

Get the 50D. The extra LCD screen on top will give you loads of extra battery time. Also, if you have big hands like me, it's fit your hand better. The 28-70 L lens was replaced by a 24-70 mm version a couple of years ago. If the 24-70 is too expensive, why not get the 24-105 f4?

Found some wallpapers I made 3 years ago, don't feel like reviving such an old thread, so here's it again.

Nice!

Reminds me of this pic I made a couple of years ago using Jay-Lew's excellent 3d model.

::EDIT::oops, wrong version.