Garmin You Suck

I really can't say I'm fan of Garmin software. What a hassle it's been just to put a few test maps on my new GPS unit. First I have to find my North American City Navigator disk, which I may add it's a totally legal copy. Then I load it on my VM running Windows, and launch it. It brings me to a wizard to unlock the maps. So, I follow the wizard, since I have registered this code in the past. It's tells there is a newer version then I am currently using. I really don't feel like messing with the download, but can't go any further. So I do the update. Then I try to register my code, yet again I have to download something else. The hell with this registration crap. There are open source or third party methods for getting maps on my GPS. Check this out:

MacGPSPro

GPS File Depot

Hey Garmin, your software products are too expenisve anyway. All you are bascialy doing is prepackaging free government data.

VA smoking ban starts today

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Canon 1D MK III vs Canon G11

OctaBox

I want a big octabox like this one I saw at the mall. This would be spiffy with my AB1600.

Canon G11 Test

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These are 100% crops. All pics were taken with the onboard flash to attempt proper exposure. As you can see, it's best to use ISO 100 to 400. There was some sharping applied to the pics when exported from Lightroom. There was no noise reduction.

Off camera flash with G11

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