Yes, there are color coded WD drives. After using other drives that failed (Seagate comes to mind immediately) I use nothing but WD in my NAS systems now. Have red WDs in 2 Synology 2 bay units for home and office since 2013 running 24/7 and no problems to date.

From a site I found:

Green drives are earth-friendly, lead and halogen free, with reduced dependency on rare earth materials and a commitment to using only conflict-free raw materials. They are energy efficient, cool and quiet.
Blue drives are the original WD drive, built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, offering the features and capacity ideal for your everyday computing needs. Available with Serial ATA (SATA) interface, with mobile and desktop drives as well as ultrabook drives, this is the workhorse of the WD range
Red drives are designed for Network Attached Storage (NAS) in small and home office environments, offering high levels of compatibility and excellent support.
Black drives deliver maximum performance for power computing, featuring high-performance electronics and a rock-solid mechanical architecture as well as high capacity storage.

For more info, here is the url:

http://companies.mybroadband.co.za/blog/2012/10/02/western-digitals-colour-coding-red-blue-green-or-black/

So far no one has explained to me just what their $300 tripod does that the $45 Slik doesn't do. It is stable and it is lightweight. NO lightweight tripod would be particularly safe for a heavy long telephoto lens, but if I want something to carry simply for shooting some long exposures or some HDR shots, it works just fine, thank you very much. If I use it for my heavy telephoto I keep my strap around my neck, as I would with ANY lightweight tripod. It did not sound like the person asking this question was a professional who wanted to plunk down very serious cash for a tripod.

And by the way - my Honda runs just as good as your BMW, it is built better, and will probably last longer.

Ok...if I had the right gear, I would just experiment on my own to find the answer. But since I do not, I will ask my friends!

Question:

I have a Variable ND filter that I use on a 62mm Zoom lens. It works fine...except at the widest aperture setting of the lens. (2.8) At the f/2.8 aperture I get the "Xing effect" or the vegnetting effect. I understand why this is, but I was wondering; "IF I HAD".... say a larger mm ND filter...such as a 77mm, and used a "Step up ring", would this lessen or maybe illuminate the "Xing or vignetting effect"?
Thanks, Boone.
As always, I appreciate any comments, and I thank you in advance. "THANK YOU ALL"! :roll: :thumbup:

So you had problems with your Sunpack Flash also! I bought a Sunpack Digiflash 3000 with my Canon SX 50 last year in February 2014, & I started having problems with the flash by the end of may last year where it would fire a low flash & half of my photos were dark, I had to use the Pop up flash on the SX 50, but did not have the long range flash abilty like the Sunpack, the flash was recommended to me cause I couldn't afford a Canon flash, & I had a $700.00 budget to work with.

...anyway why the Sunpack flash doesn't work well with the SX 50 I don't know?

...& my flash cost me $70.00 at Samy's Camera here in the L.A. area, & Sunpack is, or has been a very reputable flash for years, what happened with them with their digital flashes I don't understand?

if somebody is using a Sunpack flash on their cameras & have had problems with them should post on its experience that HE OR SHE has had problems with. :thumbdown:

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