Many of the people on this forum have never dealt with the Jewish influence in New York. My wife was from New York and that influence is considerable.
The kids in school there are out of school twice as much as the rest of the country because the school system there recognizes all Jewish holidays on top of all the holidays recognized in the rest of the country. Its just a fact of life in New York, where the largest percentage of Jews in the entire country reside.
Fact of life, religious freedom, freedom of choice. Wh**ever you call it, it is "freedom" and that's what founded this country. Its your choice not to deal with Jews and that's YOUR freedom. But to make this kind of statement will always illicit the kind of response you are seeing here.
I would be scared to death if it didn't!!!
Oh, and I am not Jewish. I was baptized catholic but was too young to voice an opinion at the time.

The last time I had a paper load problem the factory rep told me NOT to use alcohol on those rubber rollers. It dries up the surface chemistry and will cause the rollers to eventually slip. He recommended warm water to wipe those down.

I thought you were using the blur tool but just wasn't sure about how you kept it in a rectangle. I have PSE 10. I'll see if I can do that. I really like the look. Thanks.

Welcome to uhh. I'm no pro either and came here 35 years ago with a camera due to the beauty and all else encompassed here and refuse to leave 'cept "feet first." I will say though that using a little RV with a hitch on the back for a 4X you don't notice that wind, rain, and snow quite as much but you still get all the "blessings" when you walk outside. :-)

So, then, perhaps you are somewhat new to all of this??? If so, are you aware that one should use a shutter speed equal to or higher than the lens focal length in order to obtain acceptably sharp images, i.e., if you are shooting your 75-300 lens at 300mm, you should have your shutter speed at or higher than 300. If not then my examples would have meant little to you. If so, then you would see that my first posted shot of the flycatcher was shot at 200mm at 1/30th of a second, and without IS to get a shot as sharp, I should have been shooting at a minimum of 1/250th or higher, 3 stops up. Therein lies the benefit.

May I suggest that when you reply to a comment that you choose the "quote reply" button rather than "reply." Without that, the first comment is not included and it is therefore difficult to see to whom you are replying.