Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

“Nikonism is the trampling of canons.”

You may congratulate me on acquiring a Canon 6D + Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens 😉 Next week, I’ll be testing morning sunrises in the mountains of Kazakhstan

I want to buy a Canon EOS 5D Mark II Body + Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM. I’m racking my brain. Or a new 6D?

I somewhat regret spending extra money on the “5D Mark III.” I don’t want to downgrade to the 60D – I’m aiming for full-frame bodies. Currently shooting with the old 40D. But now I’m considering the 6D. Maybe go for it? It has some differences – new Digic 5+, features like wifi, gps, hdr. Only 5 thousand more expensive. Is it worth getting? Or the old reliable 5D Mark II?

And it also bothers me that the 5D Mark II was discontinued in 2012, but it’s still sold on the market, there is a choice among stores.

Does anyone know good parking spots near the Expo Center? Paid parking is fine too; it’s important that there’s space available during the peak times around 9-10 AM when crowds gather at the Expo Center.

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in the morning tomorrow.

Is it just me or does “changing the clocks” bring a cloud of problems with time? Not only have I adjusted the time on my computer several times, but the real chaos happens with calendar invitations. I still haven’t fully figured out the reasons, but it seems that problems arise when the invitee and the inviter have different time zones (UTC+4 and UTC+3) but the same time (the first one changed the time zone, the second moved the clocks, so eventually both have the same time). Mail programs and calendars see that the time zones are different and perform the conversion themselves. As a result, you invite someone for 12:00, but they receive a completely different time in their email and on their calendar.

Here people are complaining about glitches in Google Calendar: http://roem.ru/2014/10/28/addednews110397/

Here’s a guide on how to tackle issues with Outlook:

http://habrahabr.ru/post/242115/

On November 23rd, I’ll go to see TAPE FIVE at the Variety Theatre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Wx80TZ8OQ

I am rock climbing

I used to devour this magazine, “Monitor” (registered as “Monitor-Aspect”). It was published for about five years, from 1991 to 1996. Now, there are neither scans nor even references to it anywhere. Has it really not been preserved by anyone?

I never thought I would rent “Gentlemen of Fortune” on YouTube for money. Lisa and Masha are discovering good Soviet films for themselves. They recently watched “The Diamond Arm,” but they haven’t seen “The Adventures of Shurik” or “Operation Y” yet.