Bharat Rakshak

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I don;t know why people keep saying that the partition was Nehru's fault, because he poured cold water over the Cabinet Mission Plan. If torpedoing CMP was Nehru's doing then he did at least one thing right. CMP would have been a MUCH greater disaster than the partition. Pakistan would have eventual...

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Secondly, the division of Bengal and Punjab. Bengal was divided in c. 1906 when Jinnah was deeply enamoured of the INC and especially leaders like Gokhale et al. As I posted earlier, he opposed separate electorate for Muslims, Khilafat and the Muslim League party itself until the Mr. Hyde part came...

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The NPAs are full of such ideas - Heavy water ban, Tritium cutoff, Ballistic Missile Flight Test cutoff etc. The FBR has really stuck in their craw for some reason. They imagine a FBR without Thorium, its blankets breeding supergrade Pu in military mode. Bizarre. The absence of squealing about the ...

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This "South Asian" disease is more widely spread than you think and props up in unexpected quarters. Case in point, this is the subject line from a mailing from a trade magazine I got today: South Asian operators show interest in mobile TV at BroadcastAsia; few have firm plans for deployme...

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Tripods are for the weak… See http://tinyurl.com/dkprbd

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Mort and skbanner, Could we please not get into the "my sensor is bigger than yours" contest again. This would be about the nth time both of you are about to get into it. Shalav, No offense taken. Relax, I am not going to get in a flame war. Besides, Mortji seems to have lost his sense of...

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Agreed it isn't quite fair to compare an entry-level Nikon DSLR to a Canon high-end P&S. Here's why: The D90 is almost certainly the best cropped sensor DSLR out there in terms of IQ. And the D5000 shares the same sensor as the D90. Incidentally, the D90 has the same sensor as the D300, and also...

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but how is a bankrupt guy going to afford the 5K filing fees? I was thinking it was as simple income tax type self-filing process! vintage america - bankrupt a guy even more to declare himself bankrupt... I don't think it used to cost that much to file for chapter 7, how else would those Paki stude...

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@Singha: Individuals generally file for personal bankruptcy under Chapter 13. Chapter 11 is generally used by businesses (including partnerships, corporations or sole proprietorship), although individuals can also file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as well. The reason individuals generally file for chapter...

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Admins should limit posting of images from that skyscraper wanking site. Loo is basically replying to every question with umpteen images from Chinese infrastructure p0rn sites… This has got to stop! Please also be advised that my antivirus detected a worm on one of the website. Can never trust any ...

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DSLR gurulog please indulge. dslr focusing question: -I hate relying on the camera to tell me what it will focus on. With my older p&s cameras, I turn off AiAF (or equivalents) and just use central focus point, lock focus, and recompose. I am wondering if this is the best way to go about it wit...

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Admins should limit posting of images from that skyscraper wanking site. Loo is basically replying to every question with umpteen images from Chinese infrastructure p0rn sites… This has got to stop!

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May Allah have mercy. if censorship were reallly as effective as you thought, I could't be exchanging ideas with you at all. The only reason you are "NOT" censored is you are being paid to brainwash BRfites that China is a "Paradise" on earth. 8) This reminds me of an old joke a...

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Singha, Mort Thanks for your recommendations, prices at CC generally drop on Thursdays; I am hoping for 10% more reduction this week. The parameters involved with DSLR are mindboggling at least for a newbie. Olympus Evolt 410 also seems like a good option for a beginner. Comes with two lens 14-42mm...

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Let me start the ball rolling. Have any of you guys tried HDR photography? I'm studying it and want to try it out so some suggestions and tips welcome. In particular I'm wondering and what f stop increments work the best? Any comments? Amit, I am not sure what you mean by what f-stop increments wor...

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The Nikkor 24-70 works well with the D700 and D3, but I would appreciate if you would read what I wrote earlier. Compare that setup to the 5D or 1Ds with the Canon 24-70, the images are equally good, provided all else is working, and therefore, the Nikkor 24-70 doesn't appear to be impressive. Mort...

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If you want, I can tell you what I thought of the D700 vs. the 5DMkII after evaluating them both. Mort it would be interesting to know your evaluation? Can do please? I know I am not Mort, but let me take a crack at it. Here's my fair and balanced take :mrgreen: You would want a 5D2 over a D700 ONL...

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Bannerji, I've used the Nikkor 24-70 on the D700 and the Canon 24-70 on the 5D. The business of Canon QC is really misleading. They make lots and lots of lenses and everyone & their uncle sells one, and there are lots of older ones floating among photographers. In the last few years, Canon QC o...

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The Nikon D3 is a very nice camera. The two fellas who did the IAF photo shoot at Red Flag 08 used the D3. What is not so impressive the the Nikkor 24-70. It certainly is a nice lens no doubt and gets great press mated to a full frame Nikon DSLR, but compared to the Canon 24-70 the build quality se...

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On trying to visit Zakir Naik's website (http://www.irf.net) Firefox displays the following warning: Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer! Suggestions: * Return to the previous page and pick another result. * Try another search to find what you're looking for. Or you can continue ...

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I am sure Manmohan Singh knows enough English (Oxford pedigree ;) ) to know the difference between exchange and sell. Being an economist he especially very very clear in understanding that difference. No need to explain away the sentiments of his statement, what he means he has said in words. Unles...

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To set the cat among pigeons: Whats the best digital body money can buy period? Note I am not talking about lenses. And we can exclude large format cameras. I notice that you haven't excluded medium format cameras. :-) So I will have to go with Hasselblad, or Rollei, Mamyia, or the recently announc...

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For the Canon EOS 50D: On DPR, Phil Askey used Adobe ACR 4.6RC instead of ACR 4.6 Final for converting RAW images. When in fact he should have used DPP for best results - I guess he needed to optimize his work flow and used what s/w he was comfortable with. The problem with the 50D at 100% crops ar...

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http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos50d/ DPreview of the Canon 50D. The Pentax K20D (PBUI) destroys the 50D for IQ :twisted: To be fair, that seems to be the case only when comparing RAW output, as Pentax's JPEGs are supposedly not that good compared to the competition. On the other hand, the D...

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The CTBT recognizes the supreme national interests clause only for the P-5. Please do read the treaty. Article 9 allows anyone to withdraw invoking the "Supreme National Interest" clause: Article 9 stipulates that the treaty is of unlimited duration. However, consistent with most arms con...

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This is from a wedding photographer in Vancouver who had the chance to review the 5DMkII: http://www.bebbblog.com/index.php?link=94&cat=7 Personally, my favorite new feature is the Live View/Magnify combination. I use my TSE lens a lot and it can sometimes be a challenge to nail my focus every ...

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Adobe CS4 is released. Photoshop is now 64 bit, but only on Vista64. Mac users will have to wait for CS5. I would REALLY like to meet someone who needs more than 4GB RAM and/or bigger than 2GB photoshop files.

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Banner, I understand. Recently my portfolio has taken a beating, along with my 401K, and I really shouldn't be looking at cameras and lenses. I will wait until all of the new recent bodies are available and I can look at them to see what fits me best while I evaluate the AF and other critical featu...

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Sorry, forgot to answer this part. Banner, I hadn't the chance to play with the live view on the D700, but I assume you can use auto-focus and do exposure adjustments in live view for a WYSISWYG? I don't do any live view but I did play with it initially until the novelty wore off... So what I am say...

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Banner, Congratulations on the D700. Its one fine camera and will last you at least a couple of years. :mrgreen: Well, its nice that the D700 can make TiFF files. When Nikon has the D800/D4 sometime next year with a 24MP sensor, you may want to use RAW in certain situations to pull out details from...

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Leica has changed the game... Leica S2 with 56% larger sensor than full frame Tuesday, 23 September 2008 00:00 GMT Photokina 2008: Leica has today unveiled a brand new autofocus DSLR system designed for professional users, which is configured around a 30x45mm sensor (i.e. 56% larger than 35mm full-...

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Mort, I don't have time to reply to all the points you have raised. So I will be selective. Banner, 4. I don't need or want 21 MP, 12-16 MP is good enough for me, but I do need FF. Fortunately, Canon has implemented sRAW and I would expect Nikon to follow suit like Sony and Canon. And I hope Nikon d...

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Folks I had this idea ever since the CCD /CMOS sensors became cheap. Why cant we replace in ordinary camera the film with CCD sensor so that we can retro fit the existing cameras? Basically use the space the 35 mm film would get exposed with ccd sensor, and use the space of the roll film and take u...

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Is it true that the 5DmkII does not have a dedicated ISO button? :( Canon uses modal buttons, i.e. you get one thing when turning the front wheel (which is the equivalent of Nikon's REAR or Main Command Wheel), and another thing when turning the rear dial (which is the equivalent of Nikon's FRONT o...

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DPR has uploaded their gallery of jpegs from the pre-production 5DmkII. Most of the high-ISO images are taken outdoors in bright sunlight so its hard to judge. But from the ISO3200 shots in the underground, the high ISO noise seems very good as one would expect from Canon, but still nothing spectac...

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Bart, Considering the 5DMkII is 9 MP more than the D700/D3, it is quite good. Let see how it is for low ISO. Will it be good as the original 5D at ISO 50,100,200 & 400? My main complaints with Canon on the 5DMkII: 1. AF h/w same, s/w is new, it remains to be seen how servo focus works. I want s...

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bart wrote:Finally....YAY!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092 ... 4glens.asp

I wonder how much a used 50 f/1.4 AFD will fetch now on ebay?

Oh, well…

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Jagan wrote:Infidel Nikon-ites have forcibily converted Canon-ite Mort ! What has the world come to

Not really. Brother Mort (yes, he is a brother now), hasn't converted to the true faith yet. But he has agreed to join us in iftari, for now.

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I was kinda sorta hoping that Canon would improve on their PRINT button and add a COPY/FAX button this time!

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In the mean time a tribute to eff-solah :mrgreen: What you have now is the F4 Phantom. What you are thinking of getting is the F35 Lightning II (a.k.a. the JSF). Of course, its big brother the F22 Raptor might be overkill. If you are going to use up all your money on the airframe how are you going ...

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