Nikon D7000 firmware upgrade

If anyone has a doubt as what's happening during the D7K firmware upgrade please see the screenshots of it. It doesn't change the camera's settings (like custom U1, U2, or any other settings). If you want to save your settings then please refer the user manual for it.

D7000 firmware A: 1.03 / B:1.04

http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18287/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzY0OTQ2NTAzL3NpZC95TFJpTEttbA%3D%3D

 

After 6 years of excellent service I decided to sell my good old Nikon D50. I was very lucky that someone bought it from me, even if the internal flash did not work

6 év kiváló szolgálat után úgy döntöttem hogy itt az ideje hogy eladjam a Nikon D50-emet. Szerencsém volt mert megvette valaki tõlem a gépet, úgy hogy a bépített vaku már nem is mûködött

The Next candidate is the Nikon D7000

Bike parts 1. - Seatpost / Néhány kerékpár alkatrész 1. - nyeregcső

English (this is not google translate, these are my own words ;-) I just would like to talk about couple of new parts I'm going to install on my bike. First of all let's see the seatpost. I was searching for the net for suspenion seatposts and found couple of versions, but one brought my attention. It is the CaneCreek's Thudbuster. This looks very impressive and you can change the elastomer according to your weight. But I've doubt you can buy this in Hungary. Or you can probably order it but it is very expensive (plus shipping), roughly £150 ~52,000HUF

Hungarian Néhány új kerékpáros alkatrészrõl írok amiket már vagy beszereltem vagy még most fogok betenni. ELõször is a nyeregcsõrõl néhány szó. Böngésztem a netet rugós nyeregcső után és ráakadtam a CaneCreek Thudbuster nevű termékére. Elég jól néz ki és cserélhető az elasztomer a testsúlynak megfelelően. De kétlem hogy Magyarországon ez beszerezhető - illetve megrendelhető de nagyon drága, kb. £150 ~52,000HUF

http://www.canecreek.com/component-seatposts
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=7386
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=6208

So I kept searching the net and finally I've found the suntour's seatpost. It was quite cheap, 8,700HUF ~ £24 Please see some more photos about it below

Szóval tovább böngésztem a netet és rátaláltam a Suntour nyeregcsövére. Viszonylag olcsó volt, 8,700HUF ~ £24 Néhány további kép:

Vadas-gombás csirkefalatok

Bicycle Geometry

They’ve stolen my very comfortable bike a few months ago. Having problems with my back (herniated discs) it was the only bike I could ride with no pain or any side affects.

So the task is t find a bike whcih would be exactly the same in geometry what my bike was. Why my stolen bike is so unique? Because it had a seat tube angle of around 71°. I have browsed through tons of web pages of bike manufacturers but in 95% the frame geometries use a standard 73°+/-0,5° seat tube angle.

I then luckily captured a TV series on the Discovery Channel, where Mark Beaumont cycled through the World and later Americas. Meanwhile I was watching the episodes I just realised that the bike he is using has a very flat seat tube angle. I made screnshots of his bike from the TV and finally found that he has a KOGA bicycle.

I then searched for the KOGA’s and found that they have exactly the same bike frame what I need. These bikes are the KOGA Randonneur and KOGA Traveller (not the World Traveller), because these have the same 71°seat tube angle.

More importantly I’ve found that KOGA is the ONLY bike manufacturer which decreases the seat tube angle when moving to larger frame sizes, other manufacturers usually leave the same seat tube angle constant regardless of the frame size.

So what’s the issue? The issue is that a KOGA bike cost a lot, they are very expensive. My bike worth of 50.000HUF or £140 or €163 ,while a KOGA costs £1.799 or €1.999. This is more then 10 times more of the value of my stolen bike!!!

I can not afford to spend such an amount of money to buy a new bike so I either give up bicycling forever or have to start spare money in the upcoming years.

However because of my back problems it was a very good tool to exercise my back muscles so it was not only about the bicycling but more about my health!!

Recept

Saját recept - bár lehet hogy már van ilyen, de az egyik este dobtam össze és igen jó lett. Mézes szilvás hús vagy valami ilyesmi








Hozzávalók

• csirekemell vagy csirekecomb kb. 1/2-1kg
• szilva (nem aszalt, hanem 'rendes')
• fűszerek (só, bazsalikom, bors)
• egy kis bor, kb. 1/2dl
• márványsajt (a sajtos verzióhoz)
• méz
• cukor
• banán
  

A húsokat besózom, borsozom, majd ízlés szerint még egyéb fűszerekkel ízesítem (oregánó, bazsalikom) majd állni hagyom kb. negyedórát. Ezután bekenem a húsokat mézzel, majd nagy lángon hirtelen átsütöm (max1 perc), hogy aranybarana legyen mindkét oldala.

A szilvát ki kell magozni, majd egy kis mézet és cukrot kell rá tenni, összekeverni és állni hagyni.

A már megpirított húsokat kivajazott tepsibe tesztem, majd rá a szilvát és a levét. Ezután beteszem sütőbe 170°C-on 20 percig sütöm fóliával letakarva. Egy kis vizet lehet még hozzátenni hogy jobban párolódjon. A boros változatba fél deci bort lehet tenni, illetve egy kis márványsajtot.

A 20 perc elteltével leveszem a fóliát és még 10 percig sütöm 200°C-on hogy egy kicsit még piruljon a hús. A sajtosra rászórom a márványsajtot és akkor veszem ki a kész ételt ha a sajt már megpirult egy kicsit.

'Normál változat'
Sütés előtt












Sütés után












Boros, sajtos változat
Sütés előtt















Sütés után

LG W2234S

I just recently purchased the LG W2234S widescreen LCD monitor. It was very nice, I could attach very easily to my existing PC.
I have just started using it, but after an hour usage I started to feel dizzy. I have never experienced such a problem with an LCD monitor before. I use 17" Dell monitor at my workplace and watching it 8-10 hours a day with NO problem.
So I switched back the LG to my old 19" CRT. After two days I decided to give it a try and started to use the LG again. Unfortunately nothing has changed, still have the dizzy feeling.
I do not know what's wrong with this LG monitor, I tried it in different settings, but got the same experience each time.
One thing I noticed is that I definitely have this feeling when I'm reading text on white background. However I have tried different white balance settings and changed the RGB scheme, still did not help.
Do you have similar experience with this monitor? I'm interested in the solution of this problem. Any suggestions?

Shooting Lightning

Hi All,

I just wanted to share my experiences on how to shoot lightning.
First please find a couple of pictures I took recently.
All of the pictures were taken using Nikon D50, with 18-55mm kit lens or the 18-105mm.

You can find more pictures on my picasa albums
http://picasaweb.google.com/nagybela75/Lightning2010#
http://picasaweb.google.com/nagybela75/Lightning02#
http://picasaweb.google.com/nagybela75/Lightning#


Shooting information
Exposure time: 10s
F-Number: f/22
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 200
Exposure program: Manual















Shooting information
Exposure time: 15s
F-Number: f/7.1
Focal Length: 31mm
ISO: 200
Exposure program: Manual








Shooting information
Exposure time: 15s
F-Number: f/10
Focal Length: 31mm
ISO: 200
Exposure program: Manual







I hope you like these pictures, so please see how to make similar shots

• Always use tripod
• ALWAYS use manual program mode
• using any of the automated mode or the semi-manual mode, like shutter priority (S) or aperture priority (A) will overcompensate your shots
• when shooting lightning we need to keep in mind that the flash of lightning is very intensive, so we need to set our camera for this amount of light
• also keep in mind to adjust the Manual settings according to the light changes, especially if you started you shots at sunset. So for example you start with 1sec@8mm at sunset it might be too dark after a half an hour or an hour, so you have to slow your shutter
  
• When changing the Manual settings I prefer increasing the F-value to keep the Shutter speed constant
• Set the Shutter speed between 10-20 sec
• if you set too long time, then there could be more flash of lightning on the picture OR too much light will get to the sensor which will burn the picture OR you just simply miss a flash of lightning becasue you wait too much between shots
• if you set too short shoot time you can miss a flash of lightning too OR you don't have the chance to capture the flash totally
• Set the sharpness and fix itfocuse on an object, like the roof of the house, then set the camera/lens to manual focus
• by doing this you will save lot of time between shots (and even during the shot), because you don't need to focus each time
• Turn the camera's image preview OFF - this saves time between shots
• Use the camera's self timer or a remote control to prevent camera shaking
• I use an IR remote control, and set the camera either in Bulb mode or select 10 to 20 sec shutter speed
  

Some thoughts/experinece about the weather:

• Since we are shooting between 10-20 seconds we have plenty of time to observe the other parts of the sky.
  So when shooting always look around, because it is possible that as the storm moves away you will see lightning on the other parts of the sky
• Watch for the wind
• if you feel that the direction or the strenght of the wind changes then you can probably predict where the next lightning will happen
• Listen to the sound of the thunder
• if it becomes quiet then the storm probably moves away and the chance for a great lightning drops
• if it becomes louder then this is probably a good sign more lightning can be expected
  

Important thing to remember: the timing is important, so try to reduce the time to the minimum between shots.

I hope this short description was useful for anyone who wants to shoot lightning. I did not want to cover here how to use your camera, you can find a lot of articles of this kind on the internet.

Also please feel to comment or if you have similar shots or you have already published your experience on this topic then please share with us here. Many Thanks!

Ready for the Helicopter Ride!

It is WORTH the Money!!

Check the pictures below taken from this Helicopter! 

This is Canada

 

Niagara Falls

Horseshoe Falls 

Niagara Falls

Horseshoe Falls 

Niagara Falls

Horseshoe Falls 

Niagara Falls

 

Niagara Falls