Zambini's Photos » XTi http://zambinidirect.com A Beginning Photo Blog Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:34:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Santa Cruz WekSos fest 2010 http://zambinidirect.com/2010/08/santa-cruz-weksos-fest-2010/ http://zambinidirect.com/2010/08/santa-cruz-weksos-fest-2010/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:49:59 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=743 Rawr!

]]> http://zambinidirect.com/2010/08/santa-cruz-weksos-fest-2010/feed/ 0 UC Santa Cruz Auto Club Photoshoot #1 http://zambinidirect.com/2010/01/uc-santa-cruz-auto-club-photoshoot-1/ http://zambinidirect.com/2010/01/uc-santa-cruz-auto-club-photoshoot-1/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:11:35 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=701 Nothing's better than waking up at the buttcrack of dawn and taking pictures in the rain ;)

Afterward I went up to the top of campus and spotted the most beautiful tree smoke ever, and had to stop and take pix.

nice and blurry lens xD

mmmm.... pretty

]]> http://zambinidirect.com/2010/01/uc-santa-cruz-auto-club-photoshoot-1/feed/ 1 Diary of a Cucumber http://zambinidirect.com/2009/12/diary-of-a-cucumber/ http://zambinidirect.com/2009/12/diary-of-a-cucumber/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:25:54 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=686 My bird!

And my new bike :)

My new bike

Fezzari Catania

]]> http://zambinidirect.com/2009/12/diary-of-a-cucumber/feed/ 0 Happy 4th of July! http://zambinidirect.com/2009/07/happy-4th-of-july/ http://zambinidirect.com/2009/07/happy-4th-of-july/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:12:42 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=524 Happy 4th! Time to blow things up! Also birthday cake =)

The Anti-Kosher. Pork wrapped with pork. Delicious My dad's excellent BBQ'smanship Birthday Candles! w00 Delicious Lamb. Definitely not a lie

And now, exploding things!

[Click that little "View with PicLens" thing to get a cool flash slide show thing]

Don't forget, ^ those little numbers indicate MULTIPLE PAGES exist if you aren't watching it in the little PicLens thing!

]]> http://zambinidirect.com/2009/07/happy-4th-of-july/feed/ 0 More Night Photography! Featuring: Merry-Go-Round! http://zambinidirect.com/2009/07/more-night-photography-featuring-merry-go-round/ http://zambinidirect.com/2009/07/more-night-photography-featuring-merry-go-round/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:39 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=498 Just had a night photography session a couple days ago, had lots of fun up on campus again. Good stuff.

All these were taken from the campus of UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

Note: None of the photos in the gallery are edited, only a re-size and/or cropping. No color/level/hue adjustments have been made whatsoever. Some of the ones AFTER the night gallery, however, have been edited as such (they look noticeably different).

Where we're going, we don't need.... roads.... UP I'm being followed O Hi there Enjoyed sitting in the middle of the road Adorable baby bunny Beam me up, Scottie Overlayed two different shots from the same tripod ]]> http://zambinidirect.com/2009/07/more-night-photography-featuring-merry-go-round/feed/ 1 It was a beautiful day today…. http://zambinidirect.com/2009/06/it-was-a-beautiful-day-today/ http://zambinidirect.com/2009/06/it-was-a-beautiful-day-today/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:19:42 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=463 So when I got back to campus with my camera I decided to shoot some panoramic shots. I used AutoStitch which is an awesome almost-perfect working program to stitch shots together. Also, last night I went up to campus late with some friends and took some sweet night shots, and then returned back during the day and caught some more cool panoramic shots. The gallery of night/afternight shots is followed by the Pano shots. The ones that look almost like night-time were taken at 1:30 AM.

santacruzbay

meadowpano

And one shot that is 30,000 px wide, so WordPress crapped out whenever I tried to thumbnail it, so here is a link to it:

http://zambinidirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/360pano.jpg (Copy Paste into a new browser window to view fullscreen)

Here are some other shots I dug up (we need to clean our kitchen more often):

kitchenpanoram

I also dug up some old photos I found in this gallery:

]]> http://zambinidirect.com/2009/06/it-was-a-beautiful-day-today/feed/ 0 My Rebel XTi’s $68.56 brush with death http://zambinidirect.com/2009/02/my-rebel-xtis-6856-brush-with-death/ http://zambinidirect.com/2009/02/my-rebel-xtis-6856-brush-with-death/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:17:26 +0000 Zambini http://zambinidirect.com/?p=257 Get some gauze!

Get some gauze!

A couple days ago (don't ask) my XTi's LCD broke. Needless to say, I was upset. I called Canon's Parts Center (732-521-7230) and ordered one Rebel XTi Replacement LCD with Fed Ex 2-day shipping for just under $70 (usd).

Anyway, I was at first skeptical to do it myself. But I figured its just a tiny computer (which it is, by definition), and seeing as I didn't have to deal with compatibility issues (like when building computers) since I already had the part, I figured it'd be somewhat easier.

All I needed was:

  • A tiny screwdriver (an eyeglass repair screwdriver should do fine, or anything that can remove those tiny screws)
  • A hook/awl/angled-awl, for unhooking the ribbon locks
  • Replacement LCD screen
  • A place to store the screws
  • This guide to taking apart and re-assembling an XTi
  • About an hour's patience

It was a little unnerving opening it, because I kept finding screws that I hadn't removed, but in the end it was a fairly simple process. Here are some pix :D

Be very careful to not yank it out immediately and tear that paper-thin ribbon Notice the ribbon's thickness (or lack thereof) More ribbons I didn't bother with this part, considering the LCD is a separate structure all together There were this many screws required to disassemble.... That's why you need the awl/hook More LCD backplate Unlocked ribbon-holster The old LCD on its mount Close-uppy shot of the old LCD Old LCD still attached, new LCD on the right Reminds me of a fishbone Its only got tape on it Ready to be plugged in! Re-connected all the ribbons and crap Insert Ribbon A into slot B

And after just one short hour, HAZAA!

ITS ALIVE!!!

ITS ALIVE!!!

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