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My bud misterdna suggested we all post our amazon.com wish lists, so here it is, my Amazon.com Wish List (click on the little picture):
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This is brilliant. Payback feels great (I actually worked as a telemarketer before briefly many years ago, and I hated it).
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Finally got to see The Departed, and I have mixed feelings about it. It is certainly a good film–one of Scorsese’s most entertaining in years (probably since Goodfellas, although some might say Gangs of New York, which didn’t grab me all that much), but I just have issues with remaking popular films from other countries when the original film really isn’t all that old yet. I never agreed with remaking popular foreign films because in most cases, the remake destroys all that’s great about the original by Americanizing bits that don’t need to be Americanized. So if filmmakers can’t seem to do a better remake (or one that’s simply just as good) and choose to walk all over the virtues of the original, the only motivation left that I can see is greed. This is where I have conflicting feelings; I respect Scorsese, and I have never thought of him as someone who would remake a popular foreign film that’s from just a few years ago. I almost wish I had never seen Inferno Affairs so I could enjoy The Departed even more, but that would be a bit too biased towards Scorsese, since the original film was really excellent.
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My Speedlite 580EX flash has been acting up on and off ever since I’ve bought it in June last year. Basically, when I have it facing forward (or the notch below), it’ll blow out the subject even with the flash exposure compensation dialed down to -2. I’ve done plenty of research online, discussed the problem in pro photography forums, talked to Canon’s support..etc, and no one knows why this is happening. I discovered a quick fix though–just flip the 14mm diffusion panel down. I might just keep on using that quick fix instead of sending it in to Canon for service because it’ll cost me at least $150 to fix, and if the quick fix is working, I don’t quite feel like parting with $150 (and possibly more) just for that. You can read about the discussion here.
