Before this camera, I owned a D40 for around half a year which I bought without doing my homework too well. I was amazed by the colours and contrasts some HDR pictures can have and I wanted to take shots like that myself. Well, the D40 is a superb camera (and really cheap right now as well) for the beginner DSLR photographer. I learned quite a bit from it; shutter and aperture speed, white balance, ISO speeds and so on but unfortunately it did not have Auto Bracketing so making an HDR took quite a bit of time since it had to be manually done; but to be honest, a good HDR taken with the D40 made me so proud since they are quite a bit harder to achieve since you need a tripod and the subject to not move for quite a bit.

Now with the D80, it’s so easy to take bracketed shots that I almost feel like “cheating”. If the shots are taken on a nice day, a tripod isn’t even needed since the pictures are taken so fast and even if they are a bit off, they can be aligned back home during processing.

I really hope this course will teach me things I do not know about photography (I’m sure it will), and provide me with some guidelines related to what options to use in which environmental settings. I will be going on a 2 month vacation and I would really love to take some awesome shots!

The first time was when I got the so called “Red Ring Of Death”. Even though my Xbox was modded, I’ve been told to call Microsoft since there’s a good chance they will repair it; so they did. The so called warranty sticker was completely removed before it left my house. This gave me the suspicion that Microsoft would rather have you use a modded Xbox rather then a console from a different manufacturer; same deal as with Windows in my opinion.

After I received the Xbox, I took the sticker off again to modify the dvd drive. Unfortunately I messed up and my console took it’s last breath before becoming a nice looking black with chrome accent paper weigh. After calling Microsoft and have it sent out  and repaired again, my suspicion was confirmed.

So, for anyone that is thinking of modding their Xbox and is afraid they will lose their warranty, Microsoft will repair your box if it has the sticker intact or no sticker at all. I’m not condoning piracy but I am supporting the thought that if you pay for an object, you should have the right to do/modify whatever you wish to it

1. Headstrong ft Tiff Lacey – The Truth (Breaks Mix)
2. Royksopp – What else is there? (Breaks Mix)
3. Soliquid – Leave me alone (Numbernin6 & Luke Terry’s Greenlight Breaks Mix)
4. BT – The Hip-Hop Phenomenon
5. Cut & Run – Missy

breaks mix

And this is how the life for my poor Xbox 360 has just ended tonight. DVD drive flashing error, current firmware erased with no backup of the key. I guess I did it with my own hands