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Distel, for next trip: Secrets of the Beehive (shhh! it's a secret, V5 but DFU) Robbins Arete aka Rockcraft Arete - G. Peabody (nothin like a 40' V0) Happy Boulders V10s (to pad - no pun intended - the resume)

Aww, you ladies are making me blush!

Forbidden vid was a much better production than the other two I watched, the 11worth and vantage ones, which were pretty bad. I agree, I'd like to see more people putting up video. It looks like he's doing it to experiment and learn about the development of the vids as much as anything. Scrambler's right, with a new baby on the scene it's gonna be the West Ridge of Pampers, and the North Face of Osh Kosh for a while.

I don't think so. Don't you find irony in the fact that he's tagged his video clips "copyright 2003" but he's ripping off Ice Cube's copyrighted music in these video clips?

For real bro, weak video with your "ropegun" pitching off a 5.9 is not going to make you look good in the eyes of potential clients. Try a tripod, I needed dramamine to get through the clip. Other climbers rapping through your frame and their rope flying through the pic makes it look like circus time too. Ditto on the copyrighted music. Maybe cool for a home video you show to friends and family, not cool for something on the web.

I'll give you my $0.02. Take this with a grain of salt, it's criticism, not intended in bad faith. Cimbing shots:were ho-hum. An interesting perspective in one or two, but nothing that really made me take notice. Landscapes: had potential, but most missed the mark. To elaborate... 1. The 003 N Face of Ama Dablam was really nice as far as lighting, etc, but the nearer sub-peak on the right detracts from the image. Still a very nice shot. 2. The Ama Dablam and swinging bridge shot could have been superb. But, the lighting was not so good. If you could have caught this in morning or evening light it would be spectacular. I'd assume you took it as you were hiking through and couldn't hang around for that one image. 3. On the S. Face of Lohtse: Crop more @ top, there are branches in the top edge of the frame. The haze and midday lighting detract from the image's potential. 4. 002L, too contrasty, bland sky, would have benefitted from morning or evening light. People: I think this is the strongest collection on your page. Couple of comments. 1. On 020P, crop a little more off the right side, the lighter elements beyond the edge of the building draw the eye away. Otherwise I love this shot. 2. On 052, I'm a little conflicted. On one hand, the upper left corner's series of ridges gives a nice sense of being in the mountains, but the lightness of that area distracts the eye from the people. Also, the railing in the foreground is distracting. I would personally crop this image quite a bit at both the top and bottom. I'd crop the bottom just above the railing, and the top a little above the highest bundle that the nearest man is carrying but below the are where the very light area on the left starts. 3. On 045P, I'd try cropping just below the lens flare. It looks like there was a scratch on your slide from the highest spot of lens flare to the top of the frame, and with the two lens flare marks, I think it would be a better image cropped. It also eliminates alot of the cloudless sky of you crop it here. Many good shots in the people section! Thanks for sharing them.

NWOG is donating some cash and time this holiday season to improve the hut system by adding these:

Ice Festivals: Canmore March 3-7 Ouray Jan 15-18 Cody Feb 13-15 Lillooet Feb 7-8 Wasatch Jan 10 Michigan Feb 5-8 Valdez Mar 6-8

Don't forget the pimps, hizzustlers, and playaz yo

I took 4 different tests (2 of them were very similar) this morning, you can maybe guess which was before the coffee: Tickle 138, Danish one 112, Belarus one 146, British one 137. Actually Dru, if you were an 18 year old and answered them all right, I believe you could score over 140. Age is factored in when computing the score.

Is that like the Jennifer Jason Leigh criteria? Like that movie Rush where the criteria was to do a bunch of smack and get freaky laid while wiggin out and digging through the carpet?

Ya'll talkin 'bout me? Bring it suckas

Well, since my folks' house was about 3 miles from the spot the photo was taken, you make your own judgement..."metropolitan" is a nice euphemism but straight up ghetto is a little closer to the truth. I'll put it this way: When the Olympics chose Atlanta, the population in the 10 block area surrounding that photo dropped by about 50% because they tore down the worst housing projects and moved them across town and away from the venues.

The Big Lebowski any Cohen Bros flick for that matter.

Compression is not the issue. RAW output is available on many mid-upper level dig cameras. While the sheer number of pixels will give you a general idea of the image quality, the specifics of the actual pixels themselves will also affect it (pixels can be different size, etc). The dynamic range is also an issue. Analog also has essentially a "maximum number of pixels" in that there are only so many dye particles in the emulsion on each frame. This is indeed a finite number. Still, a 35mm Provia 100F or Velvia slide, scanned on a high end drum scanner will have significantly higher res and quality than even the 6-8mp digis. There are digital backs for med format cameras made by Leaf and other specialty companies, that rival film. These backs alone run over $10k new. I have slides shot on Velvia and duplicates of the same shots from a Nikon digital from Yos this fall. I scanned the slides on a very inferior scanner - a 2800dpi with JPEG output. I cleaned them up in photoshop, and then cleaned up the digital files, and printed them both at 4x6. No comparison whatsoever, film blew it away. Given, this wasn't a pro-end digital, but it was a 5mp Nikon that would be in the range most non-pros could afford.

As far as I know, they still make them, but don't import them to the US. I think a UK or Japanese source would be your best option. Chances are, the big retailers like B7H or Adorama might still have some in stock. KEH is always worth a look too, I've been very happy with the EX or higher rated gear from KEH, they grade very conservatively.

Harsh man, those babies are pricey. I'm biased toward film, but it sure is nice to have no processing, blast away at will, and not have to scan the slides for photoshop manipulations. Really depends on your intended end result. For stuff on the web or 3x5 or 4x6, digi is the way to go, but if you have any desire to print 8x10 or larger, I think film is still the ticket. Personally, I'm waiting for Canon to put out an SLR body that has a 1:1 mag ratio and pixel range like the D1, but with a price around what the Rebel Dig costs. D1 is like $8000, Rebel Dig is around $1000 I think.

This ain't suburbia G. An thas fo shizzle ma nizzle.

Hogwash! A couple of P&S in particular take excellent photos. The Ricoh GR1 w/ a 28mm, the Ricoh GR21 w/ a 21mm, the Yashica T4 & T5, and the Nikon 28Ti are really good small cameras. The GR21 is a phenomenal camera for it's size, especially if you enjoy superwide lenses. GR21 also has auto bracketing capability. The Richos lenses are not quite as fast as the Yashicas (f3.5 vs f2.8) The Yashicas have great lenses, but lack any manual exposure compensation...a major problem if you're shooting slides on snow. The Richos have manual EV comp (+/- 2 EV), dial-in +1 to +1.5 for snow scenes and you'll be on the money. I find that I use a 20mm on my SLR alot while shooting both climbing and landscapes...which is typically what you're shooting on climbing trips. I've got probably 2-3k invested in SLR gear, but it's a no-brainer to throw the P&S in anytime you go anywhere.

LowePro makes a camera case/backpack called the Orion AW. It's basically a sizeable padded waistpack for an SLR that has a detachable daypack/shoulderstrap component. The waistpack section of the thing can be moved to the front of your body without removing the packstraps. For carrying a full-on SLR rig on a dayclimb or on summit day, this thing rocks your dome. The camera compartment has enough space for an SLR with a small zoom, an larger zoom, and extra film/batts/etc. It's very well padded and laid out specifically for camera gear. The daypack section has enough space for raingear,lunch, water...not much else only about 800 Cubic inches in the daypack. http://www.lowepro.com/pages/series/trekking/orionaw.htm I got one barely used for $80 at keh.com

Yeah, a salad tosser. Didn't know you'd done time snoboy

Start with this: Then try this: Next: And: Then: Then: Then: And: That should start your education anyway.

I don't know, but since you missed with the right cross, she's about to tattoo your ass with the counter punch. Look at her eyes: Zeroed in on your unguarded, exposed right temple.

Trent Lott from Jackson, Mississippi just took the poll and he favored legalization

Hey, I opened that at work and went "oh shit, close it, close it!" but he does have a point: Special's avatar pic has Wilma blowing Barney, not much different and it appears everytime he posts. Not that I think Special's pic should be stricken either, I think it's pretty funny. Anything Pron or not kosher for work should at least have a "not safe for work" warning. But, I'm just a guest here and whatever happens, happens. Ain't my website to institute policy and I'll work with whatever policy is in place. No big deal, keep on keepin on.