swilson

For exposure compensation in Tv/Av, push the shutter button halfway so it meters on something, then you can adjust the compensation with the control dial on the back. When you have it set where you want it, turn the control dial switch off so it doesn't get changed inadvertently. The max flash sync speed (with the on-board flash) of this camera is 1/125. You're not going to get any more speed out of it unless you use a Speedlite set to fast sync. If you want to slow down the shutter speed, set it to Tv and set the speed you want (up to 1/125). Hope this helps... S

You might also want to try KEH in Atlanta GA...www.keh.com. As far as I know, they only carry still camera equipment - no video. S

Second year Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta. Why did I start? I already had a trade ticket and was making pretty decent money, but decided it wasn't what I wanted to be doing when I was 45-50 years old... Shawn

Zenister, could you please explain what Canada has to do with this? Castlemaine, Central Victoria and Fitzroy Gardens, the places mentioned in the original post, are both located in Austrailia. I fail to see how or where we Canadians are implicated in this...

Using some math software I've got here at home I tried all the permutations of the change of base formula. I get 80.999...to more decimal places than is reasonable. If you change the 2 to a 2x, then take the limit as x approaches 1, I get 81 which is pretty damn close to what you got...I'd be requesting the prof to work it out for you if he/she still insists it's wrong. Please post when you find the answer. S

Question for the canopy designers out there, maybe Brian St Germain? I've noticed that the newer design high performance canopies seem to be more or less level across the top skin (side to side) with the last two cells at either end drooped at an angle of approximately 10 or 15°, give or take. Older types such as the Stilletto have an arched profile consistent with having equal length lines across the width of the canopy (I know that the A, B, C, D lengths are different). Do these newer canopies have a differential line length to produce the flatter profile (would say the center A lines be a different length than the A lines two places out from center and the A lines at the stabilizers a different length again)? What effect does this have on performance and handling? Would it make the canopy fly cleaner/better or would it make it more succeptible to collapsing in turbulence (or some other undesirable behaviour)? Also, what effects could this have down the road as the line set shrinks? If someone did all the trig and modified the lines on say a Stilletto, what kind of behaviour could be expected? You could use the center lines as a reference to keep the trim the same. I understand that the factory would prefer that all lines for a given position (A,B,C,D) be the same length because they are quicker and easier (cheaper) to make that way, but is it possibly not the ideal case performance wise? Of course I most definitely WOULD NOT do any of this without assistance/input from a master rigger, I'm asking more out of curiosity.

I'll second what everyone here has said. I had the bacterial form of meningitis when I was 14 months old. The first doctor my mom took me to diagnosed it as colic and sent her on her way. On the elevator ride down, I went into a seizure so she took me straight back up (I imagine she was pretty freaked out too) and demanded to see a different doctor. He diagnosed it within a minute based on symptoms and had me rushed via ambulance to the University hospital an hour and a half away. Long story short, I spent a long time in the hospital with some pretty nasty drugs. When I went in, there was a pretty good chance I wasn't coming out, but I pulled through. The only residual effect (that we can find to date) was that I'm nerve deaf in one ear. Considering the possibilities and that this happened 26 years ago, I think I got off lucky. As for suggestions, all I can say is listen to your doctor. It's amazing how a well rested body can repair itself, but it still takes time. I hope you recover quickly.

That this animal was infected when it left Canada still remains to be proven. It may be a case of irresponsible media speculation fueling the fire (not that this has ever happened before). After all, neither side of the border can even agree on the age of the animal. Until more testing is done on the herds in question, it is impossible to determine where this animal contracted the disease. The short story on BSE is that it is caused by the mutation of prions. One of the known causes of infection is "cannibalization" through infected feed. Another less known cause is through exposure to certain chemicals widely used in the cattle industry for parasite (ie: lice) control. The US thinks they were "mad cow free" and it's Canada's fault? I bet that if enough tests were done on enough animals in the country (the hitch is that an animal has to be dead to test it), you'd find it's there and always has been. At the same time, I'm not saying we're entirely innocent, either, but if you look hard enough for something, you'll usually find it. (Except possibly in the case of WMD) Another (and more likely) reason that it has not been found until now is that most farmers, when they have a crippled animal, do the humane thing and put the animal out of its misery. Then they bury it themselves. It would be written off as a loss, and life would go on. There is no FDA or Ministry of Agriculture involvement and no tests are done. It is a sign of hard times in the farming community when they are willing to take a crippled animal to slaughter knowing full well that they will only get pennies per pound for it BECAUSE it's crippled and will only be used for dog food. The finger pointing should wait until the test results are in. To quote Canpara, "Knowledge dispels fear."