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Posted: **Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:48 pm**

Just a reminder in a smaller thread than the original that we have a meet arranged...
(you can read the larger thread here - http://forum.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=3680 )

Date: Sunday April 17th
Time: 9am
Meeting Place: Obsevatory Cafe - Botanic Gardens

The Observatory Cafe is situated in Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra opposite the Shrine of Remembrance, in the heart of the Royal Botanic Gardens. It neighbours the old Observatory buildings and is located next to the Royal Botanic Gardens visitors centre.

Melways Map 2F, K 12

This will be an informal get together, all welcome. We don't quite know what will happen yet, we may wander into the CBD.

For anyone who gets lost or confused, I'll have my mobile 0410 004 624

Posted: **Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:37 pm**

Ahhh Greg
Melbourne at this time of the year is really not too bad. If I didn't have some unavoidable commitments then I would be on my way for that one.

Posted: **Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:06 pm**

Yes Matt, it is early autumn, but a few trees have started to turn. Autumn (IMHO) is the best time of year in Melbourne, we get crisp sunny days, beautiful colours, the whole nine yards.

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:48 am**

This Sunday folks, weather forecast - fine, 23.

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:33 pm**

I will be there! Does anyone know if there is free all day parking in Birdwood Ave on a Sunday?? Assuming we will be all day! If not, where is the next best place to park?

Just gone through the 5 pages of the original thread, and looks like the parking is free!

Greg, do you think you could bring along one of the D70 user straps for me to have a look at? I'm interested! Thankyou!

I'm looking forward to this, a chance to take some pics without the kids! Oh, and of course to meet everyone! See you there (I hope I'm not late, I'm not a morning person!!)

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:01 pm**

Will do stormy. Don't know about the parking, but there should be something around there on a sunday morning that isn't too restrictive.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:42 am**

Any chance I can get a CCD clean while I'm at the meet? I haven't taken a shot since I got back home, haven't managed to take the camera in to get cleaned and I'm sick of cloning out bunnies..

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:46 pm**

I'll bring the tools I guess.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:47 pm**

Greg, bring a few of the straps. I might be interested too

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:38 pm**

No problem kipper, I will bring the Melbourne strap supply.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:09 pm**

I'll have a look at one two Greg.

Cheers,

Bruce

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:40 pm**

Just curious......

Do the straps have "D70users.com" on them? Or just "D70users"?

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:52 pm**

stormygirl,

D70users.com

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:11 pm**

Mmmm, so they will be collectors items since that no longer exists??

....or worthless??

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:17 pm**

PlatinumWeaver wrote:Any chance I can get a CCD clean while I'm at the meet? I haven't taken a shot since I got back home, haven't managed to take the camera in to get cleaned and I'm sick of cloning out bunnies..

PW, you really need to do a cleaning in a controlled environment, and be able to take test shots and check them on a computer monitor. When Onyx did a clean at Birdy's place, there were streaks after the first couple of cleans which had to be removed.

I don't think that outdoors is the place to be doing this sort of thing.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:27 pm**

stormygirl,

stormygirl wrote:Mmmm, so they will be collectors items since that no longer exists??

....or worthless??

You can still use forum.d70users.com, and thereafter it reverts to d70users.net. Anyway the straps are very comfortable on, in comparison to the original Nikon straps that come with the D70, and especially with heavier lenses on. Check it out with Greg B tomorrow. BTW: the weather in Adelaide is surperb, fine and not a cloud in the sky with autumn coolness in the light wind. Tomorrow should be a ripper in Melbourne.

Have a great day,

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:32 pm**

Yes indeed, the straps are all about function, the d70Users logo is just a bonus.

Thanks for that weather report Fozzie, it bodes well for a delightful day.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:34 pm**

If their popular when Birdy runs out of stock, we maybe have to get them done with the DSLR Users.com logo... when I'm done with it, of course.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:00 pm**

how did the meet go?
sorry couldn't come - photo event at calder park.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:08 pm**

redline,

Melbourne meeting is tomorrow, please read on...

Greg B wrote:Just a reminder in a smaller thread than the original that we have a meet arranged...
(you can read the larger thread here - http://forum.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=3680 )

Date: Sunday April 17th
Time: 9am
Meeting Place: Obsevatory Cafe - Botanic Gardens

The Observatory Cafe is situated in Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra opposite the Shrine of Remembrance, in the heart of the Royal Botanic Gardens. It neighbours the old Observatory buildings and is located next to the Royal Botanic Gardens visitors centre.

Melways Map 2F, K 12

This will be an informal get together, all welcome. We don't quite know what will happen yet, we may wander into the CBD.

For anyone who gets lost or confused, I'll have my mobile 0410 004 624

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:12 pm**

sorry,
for some reason in my mind i thought it was saturday

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:13 pm**

Did you go to the drift nats redline?

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:20 pm**

yes i did piro,
i was lucky not to get hurt today,
i was standing in a high risk area with another video cam guy, when one of the cars kicked up something and had missed his eye by an inch. left him with a bleeding spot and no vision for 30 minutes in that eye.

Posted: **Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:08 pm**

Jeez lucky he got away slightly unscathed

Hope it was a good day

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:14 pm**

It was a good day folks. I had a great time.

Cheers,

Bruce

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:18 pm**

I blew a fibre onto my sensor 10 minutes after I arrived and only noticed it when I got home... yay me!

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:30 pm**

Hehe. Should of held it upside down at all times Dean

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:31 pm**

Was an excellent day. It was great to meet all of you Melbourne people. Hope to see you all next time.

Alex

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:35 pm**

Lots of fun...and without the ducks...it would never have happened! It was great to meet those I hadn't already met.

Now...ideas for the next meet!

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:53 pm**

I had a wonderful morning, and was great to meet you all. Just going through my pics now, and I hope there are some keepers!

I'm looking forward to the next one!

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:05 pm**

Quick Stitch

Thumbnail links to larger pic ( 300x1800~ 275kb ).

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:08 pm**

Good fun folks, let's start organising the next one. Something that involves eating and drinking perhaps.

Or it could be photography if absolutely necessary. Or all of the above.

(And thanks to those who pointed out the slight imprecision of my sig - I have now included "approximately" to account for the numerical superiority of women, and the wholly or partly knackerless among the males

)

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:17 pm**

PlatinumWeaver wrote:Quick Stitch

Thumbnail links to larger pic ( 300x1800~ 275kb ).

Nicely done Dean. I like the hands at extreme right of frame.

Cheers,

Bruce

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:50 pm**

Dean, can you send me the link to Autostitch.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:11 pm**

It was good to meet some of the other Melbourne members that I had not met before. Thanks to Joolz for picking me up on the way in.
We will have to arrange another one soon.

Regards
Meicw

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:20 pm**

Here is a photo I took today:

As I said in a previous post, it was great to meet you all. I worry about the health of my bank balance though as I've already checked out the 80-400

.

Cheers,

Bruce

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:59 pm**

Great to meet everyone! Nice to put the faces to the names. Will post some of the photos up soon.

Cheers,

Wayne

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:35 pm**

autostitch.net

Google is your friend.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:41 pm**

Dude, I tried google and it brought back 100 results that I didn't want. This wasn't even in the results

But I had found the resulting webpage which is cs.ubc.ca anyway before you posted this.

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