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[SolarNova]

20 hours ago, Ravendarat said:

Im struggling with this as well. I had a logitech mouse and keyboard  before but wanted wireless so I went to a corsair k95 keyboard and dark hero pro mouse and have been using them for almost 2 years but think I am gonna go back to logitech gear. I thought I would get used to the corsair stuff but it just never has felt as good as the logitech gear. My problem is swallowing the $500+ its gonna cost me to go to the equivalent Logitech gear here in Canada

Its funny u mention Corsair...

I couldnt find a 'dark hero pro' ..but the corsair 'dark core pro RGB' is the only other mouse i considered buying instead of the RAT8+ ..because its the same price and meets similar requirements, in fact being wired and wireless it has a leg up on the RAT8+ with is wired only so will be harder to fix should the wire fail like with my old one (though it lasted many years)

So if it is the Dark Core Pro u have and ur saying u dont particularly like it, im glad i went with the RAT8+.

I use the 'tip grip' so despite not having small hands, smaller mouses actually 'fit' me better, the RAT series mice have great adjustability size wise in that regard.

Ofc in regards to quality im assuming nothing has changed in the years since i got the RAT 7 MMO. I know in 2018 the company was effectively rebooted after bankruptcy, and since some rumblings of lower quality products surfaced ..but we shall see.

[Ravendarat]

6 hours ago, SolarNova said:

Its funny u mention Corsair...

I couldnt find a 'dark hero pro' ..but the corsair 'dark core pro RGB' is the only other mouse i considered buying instead of the RAT8+ ..because its the same price and meets similar requirements, in fact being wired and wireless it has a leg up on the RAT8+ with is wired only so will be harder to fix should the wire fail like with my old one (though it lasted many years)

So if it is the Dark Core Pro u have and ur saying u dont particularly like it, im glad i went with the RAT8+.

I use the 'tip grip' so despite not having small hands, smaller mouses actually 'fit' me better, the RAT series mice have great adjustability size wise in that regard.

Ofc in regards to quality im assuming nothing has changed in the years since i got the RAT 7 MMO. I know in 2018 the company was effectively rebooted after bankruptcy, and since some rumblings of lower quality products surfaced ..but we shall see.

Thats what I meant, Dark Core Pro.

[CommanderAlex]

Got some goodies that came in over the course of the weekend and today. Screen protectors for the camera (pack of 3 for $5.99), pack of three USB-A to USB mini-B cables, couple cheap lens hoods for each lens (under $10 for each), and picked up the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM as @s_krecommended looking at (What a great selection!!! Takes great photos and crystal clear compared to the zoom lens). I got the lens at Micro Center and didn't really cost me anything since it was store credit from a warranty return. 

[sub68]

1 hour ago, SpiderMan said:

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Yep a great lens.

My sister owns the older version.

I own a nockoff version.

[CommanderAlex]

7 hours ago, sub68 said:

Yep a great lens.

My sister owns the older version.

I own a nockoff version.

Such a nifty little lens! 

[s_k]

12 hours ago, SpiderMan said:

Got some goodies that came in over the course of the weekend and today. Screen protectors for the camera (pack of 3 for $5.99), pack of three USB-A to USB mini-B cables, couple cheap lens hoods for each lens (under $10 for each), and picked up the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM as @s_krecommended looking at (What a great selection!!! Takes great photos and crystal clear compared to the zoom lens). I got the lens at Micro Center and didn't really cost me anything since it was store credit from a warranty return. 

Happy you like the nifty fifty. Treat it with some care, it's obviously plastic, but it's a great lens for virtually no money.
Should you ever consider an upgrade, the 1.4 is definitely a big step up, but at that point the camera also starts to matter. Generally though, the photo is in the glass. 

My gains for these days, I'm catsitting and when I arrived here my cat-owner friend left a note for me saying 'it's yours if you want it'. 
With this one next to it:
I actually am taking it easy on the analog photography but I like a good fujica, and this one feels really nice. I don't have an LR44 battery at hand for the light meter so I'm just using my gut feeling to expose (not helped by the fact that I'm using a film expired in 2005 that I found in my friend's fridge). Let's see what comes from it. 
Also just picked up these at a local market:

 

Seriously by the way, if you ever find yourself in the Netherlands and you have a couple of days in the Amsterdam area, make sure to visit Haarlem (which is where I am now) and Utrecht. They are both adorable cities, with Utrecht being more 'big city' than Haarlem, but both a lot more relaxing than Amsterdam, with Haarlem being stupidly friendly. Perfect description for Haarlem would be: "Faith in Humanity Restored". 

[Kilrah]

 

[s_k]

3 hours ago, Kilrah said:

 

Nice tape! Maybe a bit too nice for recording on a dual deck from your phone. Time to update the deck and source to the level of that nice tape :D. 

[WhitetailAni]

32GB microSD card is here! Came 2 days early.

I would take a picture, but I'm using it right now, so here it is in action.

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This also lets me test Pokemon Z on real hardware.

[OhioYJ]

On 7/31/2021 at 5:37 PM, King_PIN said:

A little bit of ammo, and a new safe. 

 

 

 

 

Nice. I remember trying to figure out how I could get the most bullets per can ammo can... Ended up stacking them neatly I could get more than loose (at least for what I'm storing). I forget the difference though, and I can't seem to find the post about it now. However at the time it seemed worth the effort:

 

[Ravendarat]

New case came in to the store today so I went to pick it up. The old case is a Define R6 which I love but I’m going dual loop now so more room Is needed. Now to start collecting older pieces. I need 7 more fans, a 420mm rad, two pump res combos, some more fittings and some other odds and ends. Basically another $1000 worth of stuff. Aiming for an October start time I think

[sub68]

New who is this

I got a Good condition Canon 70D

[da na]

5 minutes ago, sub68 said:

New who is this

New lens who dis 

[kaiju_wars]

I found the master chief controller stand and the MA40 for like, actually good prices, so I grabbed them.  Had to.  The MA40 comes with an code to redeem in game, makes the assault rifle in the game look like the nerf gun!

 

Burnout Paradise was on sale, so I grabbed a copy.

[Nepcchi]

I tried pineapple on a pizza... I'm sorry... Hawaiian pizza is my favorite now..

 

 

Also, don't look at my toes... Perverts! *Tsun tsun*

[sub68]

On 8/4/2021 at 10:24 AM, s_k said:

Treat it with some care, it's obviously plastic, but it's a great lens for virtually no money.

The new 50mm's have metal lens mounts.

[s_k]

3 hours ago, sub68 said:

The new 50mm's have metal lens mounts.

Oh that's been a thing for years, but other than that they are still pretty plastick-y

[sub68]

Just now, s_k said:

but other than that they are still pretty plastick-y

ok, thats fair.

My 50mm is very cheap plastic.

[s_k]

Mine died at some point, some cog just broke. I sold it and still got some money for it. Then bought the 50mm 1.4

[Arika]

I said I would, so I did.

 

 

Couple of Ground Loop Isolators. The problem with having a 10 channel mixer is it makes it super easy to introduce ground loops

[sub68]

8 minutes ago, Arika S said:

Couple of Ground Loop Isolators. The problem with having a 10 channel mixer is it makes it super easy to introduce ground loops

My 2 channel does that I know the pain.

[sub68]

2 hours ago, s_k said:

Mine died at some point, some cog just broke. I sold it and still got some money for it.

Good part of the 1.8's is the price.

If you know your gonna damage a lens but want decent images its a perfect lenses.

2 hours ago, s_k said:

Then bought the 50mm 1.4

I don't have the money.

(I am gonna have to save for a new pelican for my 70D.

[spartaman64]

[CommanderAlex]

2 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

~Snipped Do Not Enter Symbol~

I like the Do Not Enter symbol. I like to sometimes go around them when I pass by them along the side of the road. 

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[Arika]

1 hour ago, sub68 said:

My 2 channel does that I know the pain.

I like my cables clean and my audio cleaner,

 

but this little shit makes both extremely difficult