The Coffee House

[cgw]

I'll take precip I can shovel any day! Hope all TPF patients are high and dry--or at least dry!

 

[Digger...]

What time should we arrive?

About 1 hour past dinner time, bloody Binky done a Houdini again and escaped our little enclosure area and i had to go on a bunny hunt in the yard to nab him again.

We had a good night KJ.

 

[snowbear]

On and off light rain yesterdays and today; supposed to rail all weekend. MLW pulling 24 tomorrow so just me and the kitty. I’ll probably work in the basement.

 

[Digger...]

There is no real policy for replacing camera models. The companies do start working on a camera a couple of years (or more) before it is released, but design teams don't necessarily work on the next generation of the same product, so when the design work of a Z8 is done, the team may be shuffled with one or two people working on one new product and some others working on something else.

As for a Z8 mark 2, well, there will probably be a camera to replace it eventually, but do you care if it is called something else? The companies bring out what they think will sell (and afford to bring out). That's all you can say about it. For example, go back a few years and Nikon did not have a digital interchangeable camera at all. Then they brought out DSLRs, and then the Nikon 1 series (1" sensor mirror-less interchangeable lens cameras), and then Z-mount cameras. Look for specific replacement models and maybe you find them and maybe you don't. . . .

Was thinking about the the Z8 as its only $1500 odd more over the Z7ii, but id spit chips if i bought that and a few months later they bought out the upgraded model at what ever they'll call it.

But i haven't compared the 8 to the 7ii, specs yet. I've kind of glanced at the 8 and its supposed to be better for wildlife stuff with the eye focus and i think the other thing is the pre-release thing.

Don't know if these are just gimmicks though, im not very knowledgeable about such things???

If Jeremy Clarkson was a photographer, he'd still want more speed & more power. Yeah?

 

[Digger...]

Spaghetti sauce has been brewing for nearly 3 hours now, 1 more hour and im calling it dinner time.

Ps. Um i dont use spaghetti, small pasta shells makes it less messy.

 

[Digger...]

Charlie finally made an appearance, been worried out him. Hardly seen him for the last 3 months. Dont know where the crackles been getting off to this season...

Got to give him a good pat and a scratch.

 

[KJ_North]

About 1 hour past dinner time, bloody Binky done a Houdini again and escaped our little enclosure area and i had to go on a bunny hunt in the yard to nab him again.

We had a good night KJ.

So i saw a rabbit that looked like this in the pet store and i was WTF? Anyways your the rabbit guy so you came to mind LOL.

 

[KJ_North]

I'll take precip I can shovel any day! Hope all TPF patients are high and dry--or at least dry!

This is how i shovel

 

[snowbear]

This is how i shovel View attachment 280093

 

[KJ_North]

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LOL

 

[Rickbb]

Well we survived pretty much unscathed from the “cane” but everywhere an hour away or so got hit hard. Hour east, tornado, hour north tornado, 2 hours west massive flooding, like 250 year record flooding.

The campground we were going to on Wens is on the slope of Mt. Mitchell. The top of the mountain reports 24 inches of rain in 18 hours, the nearest town reports 30 inches.

So, that’s not going to happen.

 

[Original katomi]

Hiya all

 

[cgw]

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Someone needs another six months in rehab...

 

[terri]

Well we survived pretty much unscathed from the “cane” but everywhere an hour away or so got hit hard. Hour east, tornado, hour north tornado, 2 hours west massive flooding, like 250 year record flooding.

The campground we were going to on Wens is on the slope of Mt. Mitchell. The top of the mountain reports 24 inches of rain in 18 hours, the nearest town reports 30 inches.

So, that’s not going to happen.

Sounds like you are one of the lucky ones! Having to cancel the camping trip is unfortunate but keeps everyone safe. Next time!

 

[cgw]

Plotting/instigating a portrait project to counteract Ontario winter doldrums 2024-25. Shopping around extremes with collaborators: Julia Margaret Cameron at one end and Ethan James Green at the other. Cameron did stunning, painterly Victorian portraits. Green shot the 2025 Pirelli calendar and builds on the Avedon style of telling, stark celeb shots evident in his Vogue October 2024 Lady Gaga spread and elsewhere. Tonic for boredom...It's cold up here!