It's only ok to die if they take someone with them.

I looked into the T3i just after it came out because I had just purchased the T2i and wanted to see what had changed. It wasn't much. I love, and still use my T2i. It does most of the work because I'd rather put the shutter counts on a 4 year old camera than my new 7D. I'm thinking of picking up a T3i before they get discontinued. Everything for the T2i, including the battery grip, will work with the T3i.

B&H currently has a deal for you (I'm guessing you have no lenses??). The T3i, 18-55mm (older model no IS), & the 75-300mm for $577!!! Those 2 lenses alone are probably $300. If you buy just the body It's $499.


I was wrong. The 18-55mm lens does have IS. And those 2 lenses seperately are $400.

Scary? Yes.
Shocking? NO!!!

B/W is tough. You have to teach yourself to see in shadows rather than colors. If scenes are too busy, everything just gets lost. I gave up on b/w when I went digital because I wasn't thrilled with the conversion. Nik Silver Efex changed that.

Constant hypocrisy from the left. They can make a movie about the assassination of Bush (while still in office!!!), have a character that resembles him get decapitated in a video game, and basically declare open season on him for 14 years without any crticism. I won't even go into the list of "patriots" that BamBam has associated himsef with.

It's become quite obvious that your messiah has gotten himself in over his head. Everyone knows that now (including you, you're just to embarrassed to admit it). As it turns out, dealing with the entire world is just a little more difficult than trying to figure out how many pizzas you need to order to feed the 80 people you have gathered in the basement of a Chicago church.

Who knew?

That's because they are going about it all wrong. The are attempting to enter our country legally!

It would be nice to have the best of both worlds. There are times where it would behoove me if it would float, other times I would want it to fill with water. I did just order a cheap tablet from tigerdirect.com just for use with the app. Be interesting to find out what kind of depth the wifi/remote will work at.

If you are thinking of getting a GoPro, and can't decide between the 3+Silver or the 3+Black, keep this in mind. The Black edition is $100 more, however, it is 2mp more than the Silver, shoots better vid, & comes with a remote control which is $70-$80 if bought seperately. The remote is said to be good for 600', whereas the wifi is 30'-40'.

Thanks again.

You guys are all coming up with great ideas. I thought of mounting a smaller diameter pipe inside this one to try and make it telescoping to adjust height. I'm also thinking ahead to summer in my brother's pool. Maybe I can replace the spike with some type of weight so it can sit at the bottom of the pool. Thanks all. I appreciate the input.

Have at it. That's why I posted it here.

Thank you. The only thing missing is a native brook trout .

I will look into this. I was in the lawn & garden section yesterday looking at the fencing they sale there to check out the spikes used. I never thought of checking out post for umbrellas and the such. Good idea, thank you.

The image above required me to PP 2 copies. One for the underwater and one for above. I then stacked them and "erased" halve the image to get proper exposure throughout. I have a feeling I'll be doing a lot of that kind of stuff with this camera.

Thank you. It is versatile. I just realized that a 90 degree elbow will allow me to take shots in portrait mode. I haven't done much with it, looking forward to the weather breaking. I got it mainly for underwater images and aerial shots. Here is by best attempt so far with very little experience.

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good thought, thank you.

If you ever told me I would be in need of an underwater monopod I would think you crazy. However, since purchasing the new GoPro Hero 3+ black edition, I have a need for one. As expected, the underwater shots require slower shutter speeds, and doing it handheld is a gamble. Once the weather breaks for good I'll be able to test these things better. Any suggestions are welcome. I basically bought some PVC pipe and adaptors. Using the tripod mount that GoPro sells, seperately of course ($10 wal-mart), and some 1/4" staineless steel hardware, I was able to make my own version of a "quick release" plate. I will make these at different lengths and just be able to swop the top of the mount. I think these can be used for other things than just underwater. I use old spikes from those solar powered lights that you put along your walkway so this can be used anywhere you have dirt or sand to stick it into. I thought of maybe a long one (8'-10') might work well next to a jump at the local motocross track. I would like to find a spike that has a slightly smaller diameter. The ones I have now fit into the regular PVC pipe, but not into the high pressure pipe as it's too thick. Being able to use the thicker pipe will make this set-up that much more sturdy.