You don't need a dSLR. What you need is a camera where you can set everything manually. I had a Canon Powershot which was not a dSLR, but could set everything manually. I got is used for $200. In your case, manual focus would have helped you out tremendously.

This! So much so. The greatest thing about the National Parks is that they cover a wide range of interest. Our family vacations are traveling from park to park, with one large park as our main destination. There are historical, military, and natural parks. In addition, there is the Junior Ranger programs at each…

As far as Fred [Dekker] and I are concerned anyway. Why start over, when you've all this rich mythology yet to mine? ... [I like] the idea of expanding and exploring the existing Predator mythology, rather than hitting the restart button.

IIRC, that line was cut out of the American theatrical version. It is not on my DVD version, but I remember it from the first time I saw the movie, on LaserDisc in the 1980's..

Heck, even this robot movie is better than Transformers.

I've been teaching my kids, and a few others, how to program robots. We've been using the EV3 software, which young kids pick up quickly.

I finally saw the movie once, when I could check it out of the library for free.

My parents wanted to go on a Caribbean vacation when I was in high school, and I didn't want to go. They asked where I wanted to go, and I suggested Yosemite, having seen Star Trek V recently.

This was going to be my answer as well. I visited in 2000.

We're going there this summer. My wife is a fan of Anne of Green Gables.

People in the Southern Hemisphere will have less time to get this challenged finished.

The formula I've heard is 600 divided by the focal length to eliminate star trails. Accounting for the crop factor, 13.4 seconds or less should do it. That accounts for a 1.6x crop factor.

Those are in the wrong order. They should start with Episode IV.

I'm not sure if I would call that scene an infodump, but it is one of the best scenes in film history.

I use the HTML option under "Formatting options" in Kinja and then copy and paste the embed code from YouTube. You can get the embed code under "Share".

Welcome to the desert of the real. This scene develops the world and lays the philosophical background at the same time. It also has amazing visuals. Too bad the movies couldn't sustain the same originality throughout.

Military funding, Honey.

A whole movie of that would be amazing.

Kentucky was a Confederate state, but it never entirely seceded from the Union. I've been doing some research, and Kentucky is part of the Upland South. It's not part of the Deep South, which was dependent on cotton production for its economy. However, the state religion is Basketball, so an argument can be made…

I made the mistake of calling Kentucky a Southern state after moving here. I was corrected by a Lexington native who preferred to call it a Midwestern state. I'm sure that people in Somerset and Hazard would have a different opinion. The Commonwealth is an honest mix of both. After all, both Abraham Lincoln and…