Every year the French have a 4 day celebration in Normandy complete with American uniforms, tanks, jeeps and guns. They still honor the Americans who died there?.

June 6, 2013, the 69th anniversary of "D-Day", the largest invasion ever attempted, where 200,000 Americans stormed the beaches at Normandy to begin the final push to defeat Nazi Germany in WWII. D-Day marked the turning point in WWII in Europe ... Today, European heads of state make it a point to recall and honor the sacrifices of those who landed in Normandy , as do our Presidents.... well, most of them....

In the 69 years since D-Day, there are four occasions when the President of the United States chose not to visit the D-Day Monument that honors the soldiers killed during the Invasion.

The occasions were:

1. Barack Obama, 2010
2. Barack Obama, 2011
3. Barack Obama, 2012
4. Barack Obama, 2013


For the past 69 years, every American President except Obama have taken the time to honor the memory and sacrifices of the 6,000 American soldiers killed on D-Day. ...Except Obama!

June 6 2010,
Obama had no events scheduled.

June 6, 2011,
Obama met with the National Security team and was interviewed by WEWS Cleveland and WDIV in Detroit about the auto industry - FAR too busy to visit the D-Day memorial.

June 6, 2012,
instead of honoring our fallen soldiers, Obama made a campaign trip to California on Air Force 1 (at our expense) to raise funds for (his) upcoming election.

June 6, 2013,
Obama was doing ANOTHER fund raiser with the multimillionaires in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Palo Alto , CA , once again at our expense.

America - Aren't you proud?


Four times in 69 years!!


SHAME ON AMERICA FOR ELECTING A NON-VETERAN PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: HE IS ABSOLUTELY A DISGRACE TO ALL WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS NATION AND GAVE THEIR LIVES.

VETERANS - PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR VETERAN FRIENDS AND

Having lost my newest eyeglasses and broken one lens on my backups, I am now forced to stop procrastinating and get a new pair. And I am likely going to have to concede and get my first bifocals (sigh).

In the past, I have always removed my glasses when shooting, and adjusted my diopter accordingly.

Do most photographers who wear glasses keep them on while shooting or remove them? And does the bifocal issue have any bearing on this?

Additionally, I am also considering contact lenses, although I have never worn them. How does the bifocal issue factor in for contacts while shooting?

I don't think that merely holding the camera motionless isthe mark of pro vs a first timer. Give some one who has never used a camera before a point and shooter and he can shoot perfectly sharp bad photos. If I remember correctly lines per MM was the way of judging both lenses and film in the old days. And that those parameters were independent of the shooter. One more thing. Holding anything perfectly motionless even with a tripod is phtsically not possible weather it is under laboratory conditions or in the field.

And you can always do spray and pray - surely one image in the burst will be better than the others. Tripods are not nearly the panacea that many think they are. We can start a new thread on what causes camera shake when a camera is on a tripod, and how much tripod is needed to minimize the effect. And how, even with the $1400 Gitzo Systematic Series 5 carbon and a long lens, you can get camera vibration, even with mirror lockup and wireless remote, if you don't use good long lens technique while shooting. Staying away from the danger zone of 1/60 to 1/200 sec will help minimize shutter (yes shutter and not mirror) vibration. :)

Copied this from another forum I'm on as the info is so pertinent to getting the best image...

"According to John B. Williams's book "Image Clarity"(1990
ISBN 0-240-80033-8), given a system of camera, film and lens capable of
100 lines/mm resolution under ideal conditions: In the hands of a total
beginner with no photographic training at all it will deliver 5-10
lines/mm. A moderately experienced amateur who knows how to grip and
operate the camera smoothly will achieve about 20 lines/mm. A very
experienced photographer using *perfect hand held technique* and faster
shutter speeds can, at best, achieve about 40 lines/mm. Finally, using
a tripod and perfect technique it will be possible to achieve about 80
lines/mm... but not on every shot. Note that this book predates digital
and image stabilization in lens or body. Nevertheless, you can still
see that the photographer's technique is still the limiting factor
unless the lens is pure junk."