MrNobody97

I'm having a very difficult time with deciding if -- and how -- to use a Canon DSLR -- an EOS-1D Mark II -- that I received a while back.

Here's my problem. In a few weeks, I'm supposed to shoot a meeting that will be in a room that's not very brightly lit. The subjects will be stationary, which is good. But anyway, in a low-light room, a low ISO obviously won't do. But a higher ISO will mean more sensor "noise", which is what I want to avoid.

The EOS-1D Mark II is old but good quality, I'm told ... but it has no built-in flash. I know it has a "hot shoe" for mounting a flash unit, but I've not used one of those before, so I don't know whether there'd be a steep learning-curve.

Alternatively, I can use another DSLR I own, a Nikon D40X, which DOES have a built-in flash ... though I'm told the image detail is not as good as the Mark II.

So what can or should I do? If I want to use the Canon, do I pretty much need a flash unit to make up for the low indoor light? Or is there something I can do with the settings (ISO, etc) that would make buying a flash unnecessary?

Or would I be better off just "biting the bullet" a little (with image quality) and use the Nikon that already has the built-in flash?

Any thoughts very much appreciated. I'm sure this sounds a "duh" question to a lot of folks, but I've got some long-term memory problems (due to a medical condition), so it seems like I can't remember much of what I learned back when I took photography courses.

I need to get ahold of someone (see below), and I'd appreciate thoughts / opinions about which would be the better way to contact them -- by Facebook message, or by phone.

I bought from a photographer who sells photos through a 'digital storefront.' The Web site hosts people's photos for them. When orders are placed, the site processes the payments, but the photographers themselves handle the rest (shipping, etc).

I never got my order, and the site's customer service folks say they can't reach this photographer. (Turns out that the contact info that they have on-file was outdated / never updated.) But I easily found newer info for him.

So I can either call, or send a Facebook message. It seems like the phone would be faster and more direct -- and even friends of mine often ignore my FB messages. But, I tend to trip over my words when I'm talking. So neither method really seems ideal to me.

I'm not sure if the person even KNOWS he has an order waiting, but he has the payment and I have no product, so I'd like to get things settled. (I don't want a refund, either.)

I know I was a bit wordy, but I'd definitely appreciate people's opinions here.

I'm told German doesn't have an equivalent phrase for our idiom "meet one's match," at least not in the context I'm using it.

In a script, the line in English is: "It's about time that meddling character met his match."

Some sites suggest "seinen Meister finden," but my understanding is that "Meister" (as "master") is more in the sense of 'the person who is best at something' (or 'better than him' at something).

That doesn't match the connotation of my sentence. Mine is arrogant, antagonistic -- more like "It's about time this character got his comeuppance," or "It's time to let him know who's boss."

What idiom or phrase would you suggest?

I appreciate any help with the question!

In a scene from a script, two characters are bickering after playing a game.

#1: "I don't want to play with you anymore."

#2: "This is the last time I play with you."

One person I asked translated the lines like this:

#1: "Ich will nicht mehr mit du spielen." ("I won't play with you any more.")

#2: "Dann will ich auch nicht mehr mit du spielen." ("Then I won't play with you any more.")

But is there a way of saying it that keeps it closer to the original?

With character #1, I'm emphasizing (caps) "I DON'T WANT to play with you anymore." Like a little kid who complains when he/she plays a game with someone and doesn't win. A sore loser.

With character #2, the emphasis is "THIS IS THE LAST TIME I play with you." He is tired of the other's bad attitude, because "you always whine when I win."

Any comments/suggestions, most appreciated.

Can anyone help identify a TV commercial from ... probably not before 2002 and not later than 2006 ... for some sort of multipurpose / multisurface, orange-based cleaning product? I can't recall the brand. It's about a bunch of people who clean up an old-fashioned diner.

In the ad, a group of people (college students on a road trip, I think) find an old diner. There's a big cartoon-like chicken 'mascot' outside the place. The people find the diner has been abandoned for years, so they decide to clean up the whole place so it looks as good as it did years ago. They use some sort of orange-based cleanser on everything from the light fixtures to the counters and the old stove, then leave the whole place looking new again.

I think this product's series of ads always featured, somewhere in the ad, a big bowl of oranges, to suggest the pleasant scent and cleaning power of the product.

Many photographers host their photos on a site called PhotoReflect.com. By chance, has anyone here ever bought photos from an online storefront called Lorne White Photography?

I wish to contact the Webmaster of a site, but it does not appear that he speaks English, and so I would very much appreciate if someone might be willing to help me translate one or a few e-mails.

The translation engines (such as Babelfish at Altavista) are quite poor for writing, and I would much prefer if someone who is German- and English-fluent would be willing to assist.

I am asking this on behalf of a very good friend who's been trying to sell her home for some 15 months. It is in Glen Ellyn, IL (DuPage County, Chicago suburbs). The price has been reduced drastically -- by nearly $200,000 -- and is exceptionally nice. I'm trying to help her get the word out. (She has much more information about the property available if requested.)

If anyone is looking for a home in the northern IL area, or knows someone who is, please do let me know; I'd really, really appreciate it.

Maybe I'm blind and just missing a completely obvious answer, but I can't figure this out. Is there a way to contact another user on the Webshots Community -- like a "Send Message" / "E-mail User" feature that I'm just not seeing?

Or tell me this -- if you post a comment on someone's photo, or if you sign their Guestbook, will they be notified of that? Or would you just have to hope they notice it next time they sign in?