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24 Jul 2008, 06:35 PM
ElCapichan

Wah!!!

ZOMG SARCASM!
24 Jul 2008, 06:36 PM
OGcritic

What kind of camera do you use ElCapitan?
24 Jul 2008, 06:37 PM
ElCapichan

Canon Rebel Xti. For an entry level DSLR, it shoots a nice picture.
24 Jul 2008, 06:37 PM
Josh

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Originally Posted by ElCapitan

Wah!!!

ZOMG SARCASM!

Perhaps a tampon?

I'm serious.
24 Jul 2008, 06:41 PM
OGcritic

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Originally Posted by ElCapitan

Canon Rebel Xti. For an entry level DSLR, it shoots a nice picture.

Yeah, I want to get a budget DSLR for personal use, but when I shoot weddings with my sister for her company, we use Canon 30D's, with really nice lenses, and Speedlite flashes.

I'm poor, but don't want to be disappointed with the reduced quality in the lesser bodies.
24 Jul 2008, 07:16 PM
ElCapichan

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Originally Posted by Criticom

Yeah, I want to get a budget DSLR for personal use, but when I shoot weddings with my sister for her company, we use Canon 30D's, with really nice lenses, and Speedlite flashes.

I'm poor, but don't want to be disappointed with the reduced quality in the lesser bodies.

I've been pleasantly surprised by my Rebel Xti. I wasn't expecting it to turn out pictures that would compare to the $1000+ cameras, but it is a lot better than I thought it would be. Eve the kit lens, which I want to replace, did a pretty good job, though I have gotten some pretty nice lenses since I got it.
24 Jul 2008, 07:37 PM
OGcritic

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I've been pleasantly surprised by my Rebel Xti. I wasn't expecting it to turn out pictures that would compare to the $1000+ cameras, but it is a lot better than I thought it would be. Eve the kit lens, which I want to replace, did a pretty good job, though I have gotten some pretty nice lenses since I got it.

yeah, I only asked because the quality of the pictures that you posted were very nice. Although upgraded lenses make all the difference. When my sister bought her 30d's a year ago, they were $1300 each for just the body, without a kit lens.
That's too rich for my blood. They are spectacular though. I should post some of the shot I've gotten with it in the Photography thread. I just need to get the high resolution files, and not the shitty watermarked stuff from PhotoReflect.

And to stay on topic.
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Mud Dauber. They look extremely similar to wasps, except that they have the long black bridge from their body to their butt. Also, they don't sting...they just collect mud to build their mud dauber nests. There were insane amounts of these on the farm that I grew up on.
24 Jul 2008, 07:41 PM
ElCapichan

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Originally Posted by Criticom

And to stay on topic.

Mud Dauber. They look extremely similar to wasps, except that they have the long black bridge from their body to their butt. Also, they don't sting...they just collect mud to build their mud dauber nests. There were insane amounts of these on the farm that I grew up on.

They really don't sting? Well shit. Why have I been running from them all these years? There are several of their nests around my house.
24 Jul 2008, 08:08 PM
Fe 26

we call them dirt daubers in the south. I can't remember if they bite. They are actually pretty cool in that they feed dead spiders to their babies.
24 Jul 2008, 08:09 PM
OGcritic

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Originally Posted by ElCapitan

They really don't sting? Well shit. Why have I been running from them all these years? There are several of their nests around my house.

That's what I've been told.
Growing up, I was stung by wasps constantly, but the mud daubers were really passive. They may have the ability to sting (idk, wikipedia?), but they definitely don't get aggressive like the wasps would.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Mud dauber (sometimes "dirt dauber," "dirt dobber," or "dirt diver" in the southern U.S.) is a name commonly applied to a number of wasps from either the family Sphecidae or Crabronidae that build their nests from mud.

Well I'll be damned, they're actually wasps. So I guess they have the ability to sting.

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The black and yellow mud dauber's nest is composed of a series of cylindrical cells that are plastered over to form a smooth nest about the size of a lemon.

They're really cool nests, which look disgusting when all the larvae hatch and are filling up the cylinders.

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Mud daubers are rarely aggressive.

Confirmed.

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