Planning Fossil Rim Wildlife Safari Trip - Texas

03/30/2004 06:56:58 PM · #101

You folks just don't know how truly in "awe" I am. I was originally going to show up with my film camera and my 4300.

Then there was threads on pods and lenses and photo's published and I got to thinking that even camera bag man wasn't a worthy task for me. Hell, at one point I was going to be the bait!!! (thrown from the jeep and trolled like a fishing lure). So in the spirit of comraderie and the opportunity to "hang" with some real life "fotogs", I figured that I ought to at least "look" like I could take a picture. Even got my tan "Cabella's" Safari Coat and my photographers vest with about 3,000 pockets. Nothing is in them, but by god I'll look like a fotog. Well maybe not a Texas fotog, but certainly one of them there up north city slicker fotogs, trying to run with some serious company.

Anyway, really looking forward to meeting all of you and expect to have some real fun. Hoping the Mrs. will snatch up one of the 6006's and snap a few as well. Always wanted a "joint" interest.....maybe this will start something.

Flash

03/30/2004 07:23:42 PM · #102

Give me the info on that vest will you.
Maybe I will purchase one to match and make you feel at home.

ROFLOL

I only have 1 camera body and 1 lens.
Heck I'm definately out gunned :)

Originally posted by Flash:

Even got my tan "Cabella's" Safari Coat and my photographers vest with about 3,000 pockets. Flash

03/30/2004 08:01:32 PM · #103

Well maybe 3,000 pockets is a bit of an exageration...how about 19.

Made by Eddie Bauer, mesh back, even available in Tall sizes. Purchased a long long time ago. Have no idea what it costs then or now. Other manufacturers make them....this just happened to be the one I got, mainly because it came in tall.

Glen King

Nikon Coolpix 3100

03/30/2004 09:44:08 PM · #104

I only have 1 camera body and 1 lens.
Heck I'm definately out gunned :)

Out gunned? All I have is Coolpix 3100 and a fedora.

03/30/2004 09:47:53 PM · #105

Originally posted by Calvus:

Give me the info on that vest will you.
Maybe I will purchase one to match and make you feel at home.

My first thought too :)

crabappl3

03/30/2004 09:49:20 PM · #106

I already have one of these vests. It was given to me for my birthday a couple years back. I'll bring mine too :-)

-danny

Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by Calvus:
Give me the info on that vest will you.
Maybe I will purchase one to match and make you feel at home.

My first thought too :)

03/30/2004 09:54:43 PM · #107

Damn, out gunned and underdressed.

I'll have to wear my kilt and skean dhu

03/31/2004 08:18:39 AM · #108

I hope taking pics will be as much fun as reading this thread.

:}

Fedora??? Oh man. Now I have to bring my straw australian "outback" style keep the sun out of my eyes hat. This is really getting complicated. I might have to charter another plane just for my gear.

Message edited by author 2004-03-31 08:22:05.

jab119

03/31/2004 08:31:01 AM · #109

Im sure its going to be a blast, I can hardly wait

James

goodtempo

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/31/2004 01:27:50 PM · #110

Hey Danny, I'll hitch a ride with you if it's ok, and I'll pitch in for gas too.

I'm excited about this trip too. I have a hunting vest I could wear, you know one of those bright orange ones. Then maybe I won't get shot.

crabappl3

03/31/2004 01:42:11 PM · #111

OK, I have one risk taker, any other victims?

-danny

Originally posted by goodtempo:

03/31/2004 01:54:30 PM · #112

Originally posted by goodtempo:

I have a hunting vest I could wear, you know one of those bright orange ones. Then maybe I won't get shot.

This thread is a riot. (people are walking in with a bewildered look on their face, like "what is he laughing at?") Too funny. Bright orange vest, now thats funny.

03/31/2004 02:00:06 PM · #113

That's a good point - is it the right season ? Do we need a permit ?

jab119

03/31/2004 02:21:29 PM · #114

you only need a permit to hunt animals in Texas.... people in orange vest is a different story.... only months ending with the letter "Y" or "L" are are valid months for "people in orange vest" hunting, and it must be a leap year :)

James

goodtempo

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/31/2004 03:30:53 PM · #115

ROFLMAO

Originally posted by jab119:

crabappl3

03/31/2004 03:32:30 PM · #116

oooh oooh

I can borrow a bright orange baseball cap and bring along a moose horn! I think we'll have all the animals up close for pictures then!.... that, or running in fear.

-danny

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/01/2004 12:20:37 PM · #117

Ok the bad news :(

My system has crashed and my computer is going to be down for awhile.

When I tried to reinstall Windows XP Pro, setup was giving me errors and I think the CD was scratched. I had to call Microsoft to order a replacement. Delivery is 3-5 days.

I also have to try and recover my 80gb slave drive with all my photographs on it. I think the partition was corrupted (It was not partitioned.) Any suggestions?

Still trying to figure if it was hardware or a virus :(

I will try to check my email and DPC via my wife's computer as often as I can.

EddyG

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

04/01/2004 01:40:27 PM · #118

Sorry to hear about your computer crash. :-(

Assuming the hard drive hasn't mechanically failed, I've had good luck using GetDataBack for NTFS. Look into using a WinPE (Pre-install Environment) Boot Disk. A WinPE boot disk allows you to run a stripped-down version of XP directly from CD-ROM.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/01/2004 02:10:12 PM · #119

EddyG

I connected the "H" drive (slave) to my Win 2000 machine and used the testdisk program to view it. They are FAT32 partitions. The partitions are still there but not quite sure at this point how to recover them. Because it was formatted under Win XP Pro I need and XP machine to do any further investigation.

I still can not figure out how the partitions got wiped out?

When I say partitions, I refer to the Extended partition and the Logical partition. It was one 80gb logical drive for storage only.

Originally posted by EddyG:

EddyG

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

04/01/2004 02:16:18 PM · #120

Ok, then I recommend GetDataBack for FAT32 :-)

Because they are FAT32, you should be able to hook the drive up to another machine (Win 2000, for example) and run GetDataBack for FAT32 and start recovering stuff (I'm pretty sure you can download and install GDB and "see" what it can see; you only have to pay for a license if it looks like the recovery will be successful in terms of what it found on the drive.)

Message edited by author 2004-04-01 14:23:43.

04/01/2004 03:21:02 PM · #121

In case all y'all missed it, here is the setup I'm taking to Fossil Rim

It was one truck each, right ?

04/01/2004 04:09:19 PM · #122

ROFLOL

I'm hurting from my equipment failure but yet laughing like HECK :)

Originally posted by Gordon:

In case all y'all missed it, here is the setup I'm taking to Fossil Rim

It was one truck each, right ?

04/01/2004 04:16:30 PM · #123

I dowmloaded and tested this program and it works.

My question is this:

It is an 80gb drive (probably 35gb of data) and this program is read only. It will not repair the partition. It scans and creates a list of files to restore/copy.

Is there a program anyone knows of that will restore the 80gb drive and partition?

My problem would be finding the room/storage to restore the data to.

Originally posted by EddyG:

Message edited by author 2004-04-01 16:17:46.

jab119

04/01/2004 04:27:53 PM · #124

have you looked into partition magic??

Partition Magic

I havent used in YEARS (maybe version 2.x) before Symantec took it over.

James