{"id":165,"date":"2004-09-20T13:38:49","date_gmt":"2004-09-20T05:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2004\/09\/2004_09_20_1338.php"},"modified":"2004-09-20T13:38:49","modified_gmt":"2004-09-20T05:38:49","slug":"random-thoughts-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/09\/20\/random-thoughts-9","title":{"rendered":"Random thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big thank you to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.image-tank.com\/englisch\/e_itg2.html\">JC<\/a>, for pointing out a bug in my layout due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/adsense\/\" title=\"What is Google Adsense?\">Google Adsense<\/a> ads I included.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, both FireFox and IE don&#8217;t display my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/adsense\/\" title=\"What is Google Adsense?\">Google Adsense<\/a> ads. I&#8217;m guessing its the part of the ad-blockers (which speed up pageloads)<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, because of that, my site has been looking strange for the past couple of days <em>without<\/em> my knowing. It&#8217;s fixed now, so all is back to normal.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>&#8220;Visit site&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.image-tank.com\/englisch\/e_itg2.html\">ImageTank<\/a> seems to be acting up. I&#8217;m trying to see if I can buy new batteries instead of having the thing warrantied &#8211; which can take forever.<\/p>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nargalzius\/180357806\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details in Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/54\/180357806_dc15bbc2f0_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n*If you guys have any information on how to get\nbatteries of this type, let me know.*\n<\/center>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More tips on using the 20D which I came up with after more experimenting and verification:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When <code>flash sync<\/code> is set to <code>auto<\/code> (a custom function), do not enable <code>safety shift<\/code>, as it tends to change your exposure settings (e.g. it is biased to a slow flash sync setting).<\/li>\n<li>Using the <code>1\/250 second (fixed)<\/code> setting can solve the previous problem, but it is not recommended unless you absolutely need such a fixed sync speed.<\/li>\n<li><code>FEC<\/code> (flash exposure compensation) and <code>EV<\/code> (exposure value) compensation are your friends.<\/li>\n<li>Pay close attention to the metering modes you use, as well as how ETTL-II behaves in different settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big thank you to JC, for pointing out a bug in my layout due to the Google Adsense ads I included. For some reason, both FireFox and IE don&#8217;t display my Google Adsense ads. 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