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) "well done" for me is what Italians call "ben cotto" which is probably between medium and well done. Must still be soft and mellow but not bloodyYUCK! Here in beef country, that is a sin! :ROTFL: (When I win, mine will be steakhouse RARE! But if you win, you can have yours any way you want it )
no, sounds french (you know the country where all cooking arts come from? )Still sounds overcooked, especially for a filet :ROTFL:
yes, for some reason I am just infrequently in the States :ROTFL:FWIW, no steakhouse in the states will guarantee any steak cooked over medium-rare
I think that's a really important point: I consistently find that equipment that gives me tactile pleasure to use give me better results. My M8 may be flawed but it feels so good that it gives me a wildly disporoportionate number of keepers. Same with my Olympus Pen. My 5DII is neutral - I know it's good but it feels dull, so it represents the 'average success rate' for me....snip...
Not one gives me the pleasure to use that THE CUBE does and I'm sure that none of them is steadier or more rigid.
We only have your word for that.But I'm still not sleeping or showering with it....
Bill
to some extend I find this is reasonable but at the same time I find this is overloaded with misplaced prejudice about the "value" of things. Honestly, when people say, that a certain camera or shooting technique "slow" them down or let them relax or feel fine I don't fully understand it. I am concentrated and focussed on what I see in exactly the same way using my old Polaroid or my newest piece of gear. What turns me on, or slows me down, is what I "see" and what I "imagine" to create with my "cadrage". It's maybe the crux of photography that it is so much based on techinque and gear.I think that's a really important point (...)
My museum of pretty things:I like to play with pretty things and I avoid ugly things in life.......
Arca understand good design and pretty things - hence I bought the Cube.
Well, I have no experience of the WRS so my comments would have no value. (Even though I'm always tempted to spout off on subjects about which I have no personal experience!).Bill, that's fine! Question is (initially brought up by "etrump") is there anything else that works for the WRS if you don't want or don't have to spend the money? The cube is certainly not the answer to all questions and the very best solution for all purposes (but I know what you are going to reply )
With respect I think that is both personal and unscientific! I could easily make a hypothesis that those areas of the brain that are responsible for creative endeavour are stimulated by interaction with objects and processes that themselves give aesthetic pleasure.err... I also like nicely designed and high-quality things and prefer them.
But that has nothing to do with successful imaging ...
I would have to agree Tim. The 3/8 screw in combination with the rubber on the top of the 410 plate allows and extremely rigid fit. I compared it to the BH-55 with clamp and couldn't tell any difference.the Manfrotto plate is also rubber (if somewhat larger) and that the 410 I have both looks and feels very rigid indeed.
This is a skewed bet that I wouldn't take, Thomas! The Cube is disgustingly fast and easy to level---and 2-3 seconds max to level the camera body is no exaggeration.Thomas:
-- I am willing to bet you a steak dinner that I can level my camera on my Cube to dead zero faster than you can do it with your Cambo leveling head
They're called Vestal Virgins and every society needs them...Just finished a 8oz bloody rare filet and I didn't even have a bet going on!
The way I figure is that there will always be those that for what ever the reason will never succumb to the wiles of the Cube and this isn't necessarily a bad thing.
But it's a museum... of pretty things... and as curator I have a responsibility to acquire the best works.My museum of pretty things:
A Ferrari California
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The waiting list is out to 2013 and it's a 2+2. Buy a used Fiorano, instead.
Steve