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This is what concerns me the most actually.......the first time this lower unit will have seen a wrench, who knows what else im going to find lol

Ya, ive spent some time on youtube after posting this to see what all is involved. Seems like something i do not want to get into, and would be a tool or 2 short on anyway Welp, we shall see what the going rate is for gettin it done Thanks guys

My fathers old boat needs the bellows replaced on a Merc I/O and im on the fence on wether i attempt it myself or preferably, have it done lol Im near Buffalo, and at this point, alot of the good marine mechanics around the niagara and erie are swamped but im going to look into. I guess the question is, would this be a job to take on myself or bring it to the experts. And the bigger question is.........whats a fair price for this job. Understanding that they will probably replace the main bellows, exhaust bellows, and shift cable while the lower unit is off. Whats the price range so i know whether im getting taken to the cleaners or not when getting estimates?

Thankfully they dont have operations down my way

Whats a black fly :)

Agreed, that yellow guy is cool lookin Gotta love them fuzzy little geese , until they grow up and start crapping all over everything I had a little photoshoot with some the other day as well

I've not read that, but I'll def. Check it out

Ya i suppose it would. That makes sense. I didnt have the patience to keep trying on auto lol. My mirrorless has something similar to what i think your referring to with the liveview and 10x zoom. Ive got whats called "focus peaking" and "focus assist". Which basically zooms in 5X when i hit the focus ring and highlights the area of focus on the subject with a red or green (my choice) highlight. Works awesomely lol I def. see the rule of thirds at play in the first shot..........and it absolutely works. Ill have to keep it in mind.........so many things to remember before you hit the shutter, its worse than swinging a golf club haha

Question.......do you use manual focus when shooting the night sky? I tried autofocus using a few differnet methods but was unsuccesful and just switched over to manual

Have at er'..........those are amazing, That last one turned out pretty crispy!! The half moons can be a little more interesting too........not just a ball in the middle of a square composition lol. Puttin into one corner and adding the stars also helps as you did in the first one. Cool stuff

Ya, it took some trial and error lol

Decided to take a stab at er' last week........turned out pretty decent for my first attempt at astrophotography lol

Wow, thats incredible

Great pic, and clever thread title lol

There gonna be in niagara falls next week, (rapids theater, but sold out).....theres a chance theyll be playing this live.

Been seeing this on some of the photo forums in the past couple days and wasnt sure what it was all about. lll have to check it out and play a little on lunch, thanks for the heads up

Thanks sir. And I also looked long and hard at the A6000. 2 things killed it........lenses were a little rich for my blood as you said....and the user interface of the camera was just too cumbersome for my liking. (no touch screen etc)

I was pretty much right where you were about a year ago......posted a thread similar to this and got a lot of great advice. Among that advice was the suggestion to look into the mirrorless options out there. Since i was coming from nothing and had no experiece with DSLRS i went the mirrorless route. No complaints here thus far, and im having alot of fun learning the camera and the craft. Again, im just a novice but Im impressed with what these little cameras can do. These are from my Samsung NX500: most are from the NX 30mm 2.0 prime lens but the kit lens is ridiculously good too. Having said all this, I may be pooched and looking at another system in the near future as Samsung is rumoured to be exiting the camera market. And its a dan shame, cuz i love this camera in every way. As others have said, the SONY A6000 is one of the more popular mirrorless cams and its successor was just released A6300 (PRICEY)............but there are lots of other options.

I just wasted another minute to verify you were right........and you were, lmao

Perfect, i just picked up the Otter XT Cabin a couple weeks ago...........glad to hear this story May even get some ice made down here this week to get out and christen it

Im already living in the streaming world with a chromecast, and streaming netflix, and some movie apps along with youtube etc etc.......Im not a super HD snob lol. So the streaming life is for me. I agree, i like binge watching my favorite shows commercial free and in a row.

Thats an extremely valid point, and definitely something ill be looking into

Ya, thats how i was getting my sports fix when i dropped cable for a while. The low resolution of the streams really bugged me, but even more-so.........was trying to find a working feed that would stream for me consistantly I dunno, i just had alot of frustration and badluck with the sites i was streaming from and it was a crap shoot whether they would work, freeze up, etc........

Im at $145 a month down here in NY with Time Warner (otherwise known as crime warner)...........I lived with a cut chord for about a year a few years back and thought i was gonna go bonkers without my hockey and football games so i jumped back in. If the Sabres or Bills arent on, im watching NETFLIX or some of my movie apps thru a chromecast. If i could kick the sports, i could kick the cable easily.

STP was pretty much the soundtrack to my college years in the early 90s. I wasnt a monster fan, I liked them..........but everyone else was INTO THEM and you couldnt go a day without hearing them in dorm rooms, college bars and all the other college environments. Heck, i knew two seperate guys that played in two different STP cover bands lmao Definitely sad, but not a shock for sure