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Postby Snoopy on Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:00 am

Hi,

I hope this first post is in the right group.
I have been aware of the user forum for close to 2 years by the generousity of Birddog, having attending some gathering at his place, I have been lurking and picking up some good tips online in that time.

I have bitten the bullet and decided to show myself by joining the community. I am pretty shy when it comes to online groups, lets just say I have had some bad experiences elsewhere and as long ago as the 1200/2400 bps BBS days.

From my 'lurking' and from the members I have met I can see that this is a great group to be involved with, none of the pitfalls of most other forums exist here.

A bit about myself, I have worked in IT for 27 years, recently changing from mainframe/WAN network/PC/LAN management to a new company in the field of IT Facilities Management, just looking after the IT Buildings and server rooms Australia wide. Great to hear the IT technology horror stories in the canteen and not needing to worry/stress about it.

I am into historical (WW2) aviation, motor sports (Drag racing and V8Supercars mostly).

I have always used photography to support the sport interests. Having used Pracktica and Canon film SLRs. When looking for a Canon digital I was 'persuaded' by Birddog to get a D100 and haven't looked back, great camera.

The only problem is high performance camera, low performance driver!!

Glad to be here

Jeff
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Postby MATT on Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:02 am

Welcome Jeff, enjoy...


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Postby Glen on Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:04 am

Welcome Jeff, hope you enjoy it here :D






ps you are lucky Birddy didn't suggest a D2X :lol:
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Postby birddog114 on Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:08 am

Welcome Jeff!
Finally you have made your "real" appearance on this board.
Hope and wish to see you soon.
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Postby moggy on Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:15 am

Welcome aboard Jeff, this is a great place to visit and a great bunch of people. :lol:

8) Bob.

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Postby avkomp on Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:44 am

welcome Jeff.

again another IT professional interested in photography.
seems to be a trend.

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Postby Raskill on Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:47 am

Snoopy wrote:
I am into historical (WW2) aviation, motor sports (Drag racing and V8Supercars mostly).

Jeff


You should do okay here then. Plenty of us are motorsport fans, and theres no shortage of folks keen on the warbirds either.

Welcome aboard, always good to get new folk!

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Postby Kellogs on Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:58 am

Welcome Jeff,

I too am one of those "lurking" members. I read posts every day and always learn something new. It's just amazing the knowledge these people have!!!

:lol:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:24 pm

Welcome to the forum, I hope you feel right at home amongst us!

Look forward to hearing more from you and seeing some photos when you are ready to share!
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Postby TonyH on Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:50 pm

G'Day Jeff,

Welcome and enjoy the participation. I believe you'll have to go a long way to encounter a site as informative and as friendly as this one.... (but you know that already!).

Look forward to your contributions :D


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Postby xerubus on Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:56 pm

welcome Jeff.. and enjoy.

you won't have any problems here as it's a great community.

i remember the 1200 baud bbs days too... sometimes miss them... ;)

look forward to seeing some of your work.

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Postby Big Red on Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:54 pm

i haven't been here long but really enjoy it ... 8)
welcome aboard :lol:
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Postby blacknstormy on Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:10 pm

Welcome Snoopy - is a great place to play :)
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Postby stephen on Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:17 pm

Welcome Jeff you will learn lots here
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Postby mudder on Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:55 pm

G'day Jeff,

Another one who can remember what it was like to connect at 2400 baud and think woo hoo! :lol:

I think you'll enjoy posting and sharing your images and experiences on this forum, it's like a big family...

And another one that's suffered the IT life, can relate mate and can't wait to see some shots of the tintops...

Cheers.
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Postby Geoff on Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:32 pm

Welcome Jeff - I know you will find this a great forum with great advice. There seem to be quite a few Geoff's/Jeff's here now :)
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Postby Marvin on Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:07 pm

Welcome Jeff. I'm sure you will learn and contribute a lot to the forum.
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Postby ABG on Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:10 pm

Welcome Jeff. You're dead right - this is a fantastic place to learn from numerous first rate photographers who are happy to share their knowledge with those on the steep end of the learning curve like me.

I look forward to viewing your photos and hearing your critique of mine.
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Postby Finch on Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:49 pm

Like all the other, welcome to the forum.

Great place to learn stuff about photography, meet new people and have a bit of a laugh as well.

You certainly won't go astray with Birddog, either - he is a true gentleman and my dealings with him have been exemplary.

Cheers

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